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