Tropescilloscope: Camera Abuse
Breaking A Camera through epic proportions to add tension ,and emotion. (read more at tvtropes.org)
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Aluminum Christmas Trees
The Bully
Evil Brit
Storming the Castle
Pay Evil unto Evil
Get Out!
Comically Missing the Point
Nice Hat
Country Matters
Sudden Sequel Death Syndrome
Psychological Thriller
It's All About Me
I Have Your Wife
Even Evil Has Loved Ones
Running Gag
Gory Discretion Shot
Vomit Indiscretion Shot
Unusual Euphemism
Break the Haughty
Anachronic Order
Toplessness from the Back
Daylight Horror
Room Full of Crazy
Pre-Mortem One-Liner
Shipper on Deck
The Sociopath
Serial Killer
Manly Tears
Peek-a-Boo Corpse
Stepford Smiler
Anguished Declaration of Love
Take That!
Screw the Rules, I Have Money!
A Father to His Men
The Place
Leave the Camera Running
Those Wacky Nazis
From Nobody to Nightmare
Artistic License Biology
Chiaroscuro
Protagonist Title
Mind Screw
Blood from the Mouth
Creator Cameo
Demonic Possession
Reasonable Authority Figure
Shut Up, Hannibal!
Fantasy Films
Dual Wielding
Red Herring
Video Credits
Affably Evil
Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right!
Deadpan Snarker
Informed Ability
Fate Worse than Death
Stealth Hi/Bye
Works Set in World War II
Horror Doesn't Settle for Simple Tuesday
I Just Shot Marvin in the Face
Heterosexual Life-Partners
Hate Sink
Establishing Character Moment
Politically Incorrect Villain
Auto Erotica
Plucky Comic Relief
Brutal Honesty
"Shaggy Dog" Story
I Did What I Had to Do
In Name Only
Rewatch Bonus
Knife Nut
Demoted to Extra
Non-Indicative Name
Overly Long Gag
Adult Fear
'80s Hair
Implacable Man
Mr. Fanservice
Arch-Enemy
Police are Useless
All There in the Manual
Actor Allusion
Rape as Drama
Sanity Slippage
Cruel and Unusual Death
Insult Backfire
Large Ham
Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking
Hidden Depths
Funny Background Event
Bittersweet Ending
Male Frontal Nudity
Punny Name
Retired Badass
Back from the Dead
Hope Spot
Historical Villain Upgrade
Match Cut
The Alcoholic
Papa Wolf
Cat Scare
Animated Credits Opening
Manic Pixie Dream Girl
Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold
Amusing Injuries
Animal Title Index
Neck Snap
Foil
Mad Scientist
Oh, Crap!
Our Zombies Are Different
Aside Glance
Toilet Humour
aka: Toilet Humor
An Axe to Grind
Dark Is Not Evil
The Starscream
Villain Ball
Bitch in Sheep's Clothing
Wrong Genre Savvy
Shell-Shocked Veteran
Naked People Are Funny
Token Minority
Heroes Want Redheads
Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds
Ungrateful Bastard
The Oner
Red Eyes, Take Warning
Disney Villain Death
Half the Man He Used to Be
Spell My Name with an "S"
Dogged Nice Guy
Superhero
Adaptation Dye-Job
Shown Their Work
Left the Background Music On
Love Triangle
Ominous Latin Chanting
Cain and Abel
Sliding Scale of Idealism vs. Cynicism
Disappeared Dad
Morality Pet
Recap /
RiffTrax
aka: Riff Trax Movies
Hollywood Darkness
He Who Fights Monsters
Depraved Bisexual
After the End
Scenery Porn
Training Montage
Green-Eyed Monster
Jitter Cam
Up to Eleven
You Have Got to Be Kidding Me!
Only a Flesh Wound
Famous Last Words
Tagline
Celebrity Paradox
Slap-Slap-Kiss
Your Head A-Splode
Poor Communication Kills
Gone Horribly Right
Missing Mom
Plot Hole
Badass Boast
Stalker with a Crush
The Cavalry
Fainting
Race Lift
Not Even Bothering with the Accent
Decoy Protagonist
Not Using the "Z" Word
Combat Pragmatist
Flashback
The Load
Did Not Get the Girl
Aww, Look! They Really Do Love Each Other
What the Hell, Hero?
Antagonist Title
Big Bad
Good Is Not Nice
Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?
Friend to All Children
Death by Sex
Soft Glass
The Film of the Book
Greater-Scope Villain
Hero Antagonist
Evil Plan
Naïve Newcomer
Once More, with Clarity!
Historical-Domain Character
Animal Motifs
Kill 'em All
Obviously Evil
Mercy Kill
As the Good Book Says...
War Is Hell
Femme Fatale
Hypocrite
Canadian Movies
NO INDOOR VOICE
Ambiguously Gay
Hair-Trigger Temper
Double-Meaning Title
Smug Snake
Hong Kong Films
Handicapped Badass
Disproportionate Retribution
This Is Gonna Suck
Reckless Gun Usage
All for Nothing
Berserk Button
Adults Are Useless
The Bad Guy Wins
Bowdlerise
Gratuitous English
Screw This, I'm Outta Here!
Knight Templar
Offscreen Moment of Awesome
Small Name, Big Ego
Bullying a Dragon
Those Two Bad Guys
No Celebrities Were Harmed
Black Comedy Rape
Serious Business
The Voiceless
Woman Scorned
The Vamp
Every Car Is a Pinto
Evil Is Petty
Karmic Death
Double Entendre
Eye Scream
Spanner in the Works
A Date with Rosie Palms
Tap on the Head
Ship Tease
Big Brother Instinct
Thriller
Meaningful Echo
Blackmail
The Hero Dies
The Stoic
Manchild
Black Best Friend
Even Evil Has Standards
The Un-Reveal
The '60s
Trailers Always Spoil
Asshole Victim
Freudian Excuse
Undying Loyalty
Book-Ends
Precision F-Strike
Older Than They Look
Sassy Black Woman
The '70s
Guns Akimbo
"Well Done, Son!" Guy
From Bad to Worse
Villain Opening Scene
Bilingual Bonus
Canon Foreigner
MayDecember Romance
No Ending
Developing Doomed Characters
Not So Stoic
Camera Abuse
Madness Mantra
Properly Paranoid
Men Are the Expendable Gender
Boom, Headshot!
The Big Guy
Abhorrent Admirer
Children Are Innocent
Eyepatch of Power
Pyrrhic Victory
Badass in a Nice Suit
Fourth Date Marriage
Maybe Ever After
Reality Has No Subtitles
Gender Flip
Action Genre
The Reveal
Bad "Bad Acting"
Vampire Fiction
Big-Bad Ensemble
Bloodless Carnage
Bottomless Magazines
Names to Run Away from Really Fast
Artistic License Physics
Eureka Moment
Sci-Fi Horror
Took a Level in Jerkass
Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas
Drill Sergeant Nasty
Exactly What It Says on the Tin
The Dreaded
Television Movie Index
Face Death with Dignity
I Need a Freaking Drink
Deconstruction
Early Installment Weirdness
Yandere
Off with His Head!
Scare Chord
Epic Fail
Mythology Gag
No Antagonist
Broken Pedestal
Historical Hero Upgrade
Closed Circle
Nice Job Breaking It, Hero!
A God Am I
Cassandra Truth
Killed Mid-Sentence
The Alleged Car
Jerk Jock
Australian Movies
Jerk with a Heart of Gold
Frame-Up
Bland-Name Product
Mugging the Monster
Important Haircut
Cat Fight
Red Right Hand
Cool Car
Nothing Is Scarier
Jump Scare
Made of Iron
The Dragon
Beauty Is Never Tarnished
Riddle for the Ages
In the Back
Off-into-the-Distance Ending
Curb-Stomp Battle
Death by Irony
Worthy Opponent
Manipulative Bastard
Creative Closing Credits
Improbable Weapon User
Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep"
Taking You with Me
Pet the Dog
Corrupt Corporate Executive
All Just a Dream
The Atoner
Biopic
The '90s
Gold Digger
Costume Porn
Wham Line
Conspicuous CG
Bad Boss
Roaring Rampage of Revenge
Arranged Marriage
Sole Survivor
Dissonant Serenity
Black Comedy
Downer Ending
Heroic BSoD
Genre Throwback
The Lost Lenore
Easily Forgiven
Adaptation Name Change
Fanservice
Arc Words
Mistaken for Gay
All Girls Want Bad Boys
The Musical
Rich Bitch
Dirty Old Man
The Mole
Eldritch Abomination
Mood Whiplash
Loophole Abuse
Horror Comedy
Shout-Out
Rule of Symbolism
Anti-Villain
Sequel Hook
Russian Films
Enemy Mine
Foreshadowing
Freeze-Frame Bonus
Idiot Ball
It Will Never Catch On
Gorn
Bloody Hilarious
Leitmotif
Five-Man Band
How We Got Here
Groin Attack
One-Word Title
Only One Name
Fatal Family Photo
Real Life
Intergenerational Friendship
Adaptational Heroism
Ass Shove
Imagine Spot
Dirty Coward
A Minor Kidroduction
Early-Bird Cameo
I'm a Humanitarian
The Remake
Death of a Child
Genre Savvy
Why Don't You Just Shoot Him?
Credits Gag
Recycled IN SPACE!
Drugs Are Bad
Belligerent Sexual Tension
"Awesome McCool" Name
Red Oni, Blue Oni
Mexican Standoff
Fire-Forged Friends
Cool Old Guy
Improvised Weapon
Rule of Cool
Italian Films
Not What It Looks Like
Ascended Extra
No Name Given
Twist Ending
Title Drop
Laughing Mad
Sealed Evil in a Can
Fun with Acronyms
Insistent Terminology
Pretty Little Headshots
Paper-Thin Disguise
Pragmatic Villainy
Silence Is Golden
Bar Brawl
Captain Obvious
Bait-and-Switch
My Greatest Failure
Heel Realization
Villain Song
Show Within a Show
Only in It for the Money
Evil Cannot Comprehend Good
Same Language Dub
British Films
The Ditz
Age Lift
Villainous Breakdown
Black Dude Dies First
Artistic License Geography
Fingore
Anachronism Stew
BFG
Silent Movie
No-Holds-Barred Beatdown
French Films
Cold-Blooded Torture
Too Dumb to Live
Guile Hero
Hollywood Law
Smoking Is Cool
Chewing the Scenery
Tranquil Fury
Refuge in Audacity
Dumb Blonde
Took a Level in Badass
Bi the Way
Funny Foreigner
Ghost Fiction
Evil Is Hammy
Neck Lift
Action Prologue
Horror Films
The Cameo
FaceHeel Turn
B-Movie
Psychopathic Manchild
Beard of Evil
Romantic Comedy
Ms. Fanservice
Reality Ensues
Really Gets Around
Cloudcuckoolander
Bavarian Fire Drill
Stuff Blowing Up
Calling the Old Man Out
Dwindling Party
Unwitting Instigator of Doom
Evil Sounds Deep
Lock and Load Montage
Accidental Murder
Fiery Redhead
Impaled with Extreme Prejudice
Not Quite Dead
No Good Deed Goes Unpunished
Hell Is That Noise
Film Noir
He Knows Too Much
Put on a Bus
Defiant to the End
Drowning My Sorrows
The End... Or Is It?
As Long as It Sounds Foreign
Evil-Detecting Dog
No-Sell
Not So Different
Crucified Hero Shot
Reality Is Unrealistic
As Himself
More Dakka
Body Horror
Lampshade Hanging
Adorkable
20 Minutes into the Future
Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping
Humans Are Bastards
Car Fu
The Great Depression
Extremely Short Timespan
Documentary
Insane Troll Logic
Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy
Wham Shot
Armor-Piercing Question
Diabolus ex Machina
Faux Affably Evil
Skewed Priorities
Failed a Spot Check
Framing Device
Award-Bait Song
Authority Equals Asskicking
Bloodier and Gorier
Character Development
Catch-Phrase
Needs Wiki Magic Love
Final Girl
Stealth Pun
An Arm and a Leg
Contrived Coincidence
My Beloved Smother
Word of God
Mr. Exposition
Never My Fault
Card-Carrying Villain
Straight Gay
Determinator
aka: The Determinator
Happily Married
A.I. Is a Crapshoot
Hooker with a Heart of Gold
I Want My Beloved to Be Happy
Made of Explodium
Disguised in Drag
Dying Moment of Awesome
Death by Adaptation
Sadistic Choice
Major Injury Underreaction
Heroic Sacrifice
Redshirt Army
Girl-on-Girl Is Hot
Based on a True Story
Historical In-Joke
Stylistic Suck
Bond Villain Stupidity
Adaptation Distillation
Red Shirt
Does Not Like Shoes
Foregone Conclusion
Only Known by Their Nickname
Sexy Discretion Shot
Bald of Evil
Parental Substitute
Villain Protagonist
She's Got Legs
Would Hurt a Child
Mighty Whitey
Nice Job Fixing It, Villain!
Becoming the Mask
Ugly Guy, Hot Wife
Love at First Sight
Motor Mouth
Honor Before Reason
Evil Laugh
Amoral Attorney
"The Reason You Suck" Speech
Together in Death
Adaptational Villainy
Grievous Bottley Harm
Air-Vent Passageway
The Smurfette Principle
Crapsack World
Let's Get Dangerous!
All There in the Script
Bury Your Gays
Captain Ersatz
Empathic Environment
Due to the Dead
Moment Killer
Dutch Angle
Determinator
Wicked Cultured
Redemption Equals Death
Screw the Money, I Have Rules!
Deus ex Machina
Expy
Film Noir Index
The '80s
Artistic License History
Badass Longcoat
Homage
Corpsing
Alliterative Name
Action Survivor
Shirtless Scene
Here We Go Again!
Fish out of Water
Index of Film Westerns
Rule of Funny
Woman in White
Roger Ebert: Great Movies List
Big Damn Heroes
Interrupted Suicide
"Where Are They Now?" Epilogue
Kick the Son of a Bitch
Butt-Monkey
Pre-Asskicking One-Liner
Hypocritical Humor
Fanservice Extra
Police Brutality
Cool Guns
The Ace
The Chick
Never Trust a Trailer
aka: Trailers Always Lie
Totally Radical
Retirony
Mama Bear
Logo Joke
Rousing Speech
Deliberately Monochrome
Very Loosely Based on a True Story
Bolivian Army Ending
She Cleans Up Nicely
Instant Death Bullet
Black and Gray Morality
Chekhov's Gunman
Jerkass
Despair Event Horizon
Sacrificial Lion
Obfuscating Stupidity
Author Avatar
Author Appeal
Darker and Edgier
Beta Couple
Alas, Poor Villain
Pretty in Mink
Fan Disservice
Central Theme
Christmas Movies Index
Big "NO!"
Grey and Gray Morality
Bunny-Ears Lawyer
Karma Houdini
Visual Pun
Hero of Another Story
Obstructive Bureaucrat
Apocalypse How
Nice Guy
Mystery and Detective Films
Chuck Cunningham Syndrome
Real Life Writes the Plot
There Is No Kill Like Overkill
Evil vs. Evil
Suspiciously Similar Substitute
Continuity Nod
Dark Reprise
O.O.C. Is Serious Business
Laser-Guided Karma
Extreme Doormat
An Aesop
Ambiguous Ending
Scenery Gorn
Leaning on the Fourth Wall
Never Trust a Trailer
Adapted Out
The Un-Favourite
aka: The Un Favorite
Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass
Drives Like Crazy
Malevolent Masked Men
Take a Third Option
Action Film, Quiet Drama Scene
Brick Joke
Meaningful Name
Driven to Suicide
Posthumous Character
Sinister Minister
Dropped a Bridge on Him
Camp Gay
Pimped-Out Dress
Rated M for Manly
One-Man Army
Slasher Smile
The Dog Bites Back
Big Applesauce
And I Must Scream
Catapult Nightmare
Gainax Ending
Not So Above It All
Stock Footage
Sir Swears-a-Lot
Death Glare
Deal with the Devil
Cool Shades
Broken Bird
Be Careful What You Wish For
Blood Knight
Rule of Three
Vomit Discretion Shot
Loads and Loads of Characters
Fantastic Racism
Jerkass Has a Point
Blonde, Brunette, Redhead
Anti-Hero
Tempting Fate
Film Series
Light Is Not Good
Lighter and Softer
Unspoken Plan Guarantee
Soundtrack Dissonance
You Killed My Father
Sequel Escalation
Victoria's Secret Compartment
Kubrick Stare
Unusually Uninteresting Sight
Awesome, but Impractical
Psycho for Hire
Zombie Stories
Domestic Abuse
The Casanova
One Steve Limit
Breaking the Fourth Wall
Martial Arts Movie
Spared by the Adaptation
Eiffel Tower Effect
Does This Remind You of Anything?
N-Word Privileges
Disney Death
The '50s
Wretched Hive
Danny Peary Cult Movies List
Race Against the Clock
And the Adventure Continues
Noodle Incident
Creepy Child
Brainless Beauty
Accidental Misnaming
Covers Always Lie
What You Are in the Dark
Re-Cut
Flipping the Bird
Better to Die than Be Killed
Henpecked Husband
Suddenly SHOUTING!
For Want of a Nail
Four-Temperament Ensemble
In Medias Res
Evil Counterpart
Married to the Job
Ragtag Bunch of Misfits
Improbable Infant Survival
aka: Infant Immortality
Last-Name Basis
The Quiet One
Sports Stories
Meaningful Background Event
Parental Abandonment
Dies Wide Open
My God, What Have I Done?
Cool Old Lady
Taking the Bullet
Hoist by His Own Petard
Revenge
It's Personal
Unresolved Sexual Tension
Never Found the Body
Kids Are Cruel
Punch-Clock Villain
Pun
aka: Incredibly Lame Pun
Big Fancy House
Male Gaze
Cowboy Cop
Curse Cut Short
Narrator
Anyone Can Die
The Ghost
Well-Intentioned Extremist
Badass Grandpa
Genre Shift
Intrepid Reporter
The Stinger
Crazy Jealous Guy
Darkest Hour
Throwing Your Sword Always Works
Eagleland
Death Seeker
And Starring
Spiritual Successor
HeelFace Turn
Japanese Films
Suspiciously Specific Denial
Music Stories
Destination Defenestration
Playing Gertrude
Casting Gag
Didn't Think This Through
Improbable Aiming Skills
Facial Horror
Kill It with Fire
Have a Gay Old Time
The Mafia
Batman Gambit
Dark Action Girl
Action Girl
Colour-Coded for Your Convenience
aka: Color Coded For Your Convenience
Wounded Gazelle Gambit
It Can Think
What Happened to the Mouse?
Deliberate Values Dissonance
Vacation Films
Setting Update
You Have Failed Me
The Chessmaster
Almost Kiss
timeperiod
Bare Your Midriff
Betty and Veronica
Dirty Cop
The Lancer
Blatant Lies
Babies Ever After
Public Domain Feature Films
MacGuffin
You Have Outlived Your Usefulness
Earn Your Happy Ending
German Films
Overprotective Dad
The Faceless
Broken Aesop
The Brute
Composite Character
Actually Pretty Funny
Everyone Has Standards
No OSHA Compliance
Slasher Movie
Artistic License Law
Kick the Dog
Translation Convention
Fat Bastard
Badass Normal
Ax-Crazy
Advertised Extra
Slashed Throat
Big Bad Duumvirate
Parental Incest
Call-Back
Our Vampires Are Different
All Men Are Perverts
The Power of Love
Adaptation Expansion
Unreliable Narrator
Dressing as the Enemy
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Agony of the Feet
Distracted by the Sexy
Department of Redundancy Department
Offscreen Teleportation
Call-Forward
Novelization
Pragmatic Adaptation
Villain with Good Publicity
The X of Y
Getting Crap Past the Radar
Break the Cutie
Gilligan Cut
Affectionate Parody
Spiteful Spit
Rasputinian Death
Exact Words
The Hero
Man on Fire
Would Hit a Girl
Immune to Bullets
Mooks
Fake Shemp
Fatal Flaw
Adaptational Attractiveness
Attempted Rape
Star-Crossed Lovers
Random Events Plot
Abusive Parents
Humiliation Conga
Product Placement
Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil
Your Cheating Heart
Retcon
The Stoner
Chekhov's Skill
Cluster F-Bomb
Make It Look Like an Accident
For the Evulz
Ripped from the Headlines
Say My Name
Mundane Made Awesome
Time Skip
Dramedy
Damsel in Distress
Shoot the Shaggy Dog
Dramatic Irony
Parental Neglect
Badass Bookworm
Punctuated! For! Emphasis!
Bring My Brown Pants
World of Ham
Self-Deprecation
Line-of-Sight Name
Shower Scene
Romantic False Lead
Alpha Bitch
Vitriolic Best Buds
Whole Plot Reference
Daddy's Girl
Artistic License Military
La Résistance
Dark and Troubled Past
Market-Based Title
Ambiguous Disorder
Big Eater
Beware the Nice Ones
Crazy-Prepared
Military and Warfare Films
Artistic License Gun Safety
Scary Black Man
Outrun the Fireball
Bond One-Liner
Epic Movie
Irony
Expository Hairstyle Change
Defrosting Ice Queen
Meet Cute
Monumental Damage
Science Fiction Films
Jack Bauer Interrogation Technique
Sir Not-Appearing-in-This-Trailer
BrotherSister Incest
Those Two Guys
Only Sane Man
The Smart Guy
Adaptational Badass
Coming-of-Age Story
Chase Scene
Dull Surprise
Annoying Younger Sibling
Truth in Television
Ironic Echo
Dramatic Gun Cock
Bound and Gagged
Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane
As You Know
Faking the Dead
True Companions
Super Strength
Chekhov's Gun