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