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