The Trope Report

thetropereport

Each week, two rom-coms go head to head in a bracket style competition to find the ultimate romantic comedy. Check out our website to see which movies are coming up and up to date romantic comedy scores. Email us your thoughts. https://thetropereport.my.canva.site/ thetropereport@gmail.com @thetropereport on Instagram read less

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A podcast hosted by Tara and Ashley. They've made it their mission to find the greatest romantic comedy in history. Each week, two movies battle it out in a bracket-style competition. The girls talk about love, heartbreak and what makes the perfect rom-com.

Episodes

Forgetting Sarah Marshall vs Maid in Manhattan

Forgetting Sarah Marshall vs Maid in Manhattan

Ash and our special guest Claudia team up to fight against Tara for this matchup. Is Ralph Fiennes from the 1950s? Is Forgetting Sarah Marshall depressing?

Drive Me Crazy vs Plus One

Drive Me Crazy vs Plus One

This week, we watch one of Ashley's favorites!

Licorice Pizza vs The Wedding Planner

Licorice Pizza vs The Wedding Planner

One of the worst matchups yet...listen if you dare.

Little Italy vs To All the Boys I've Loved Before

Little Italy vs To All the Boys I've Loved Before

Brian is back. Cargo shorts are back. This week the italians defend Little Italy as the most accurate italian-canadian movie out there. Ashley backs To All the Boys. Peter Kavinsky stans rise up.

Bonus - Third Quarter

Bonus - Third Quarter

Wait 30 minutes after you eat before swimming...same goes for reviewing movies. Tara and Ashley have to correct some of their previous rankings when they might have been a little too heavy handed. Tune in to wrap up the third quarter of the bracket!

13 Going On 30 vs She's Out of My League

13 Going On 30 vs She's Out of My League

Tara and Ashley dive into the struggles of tween girlhood with 13 Going On 30. Then they take a hard pivot to male insecurity with She's Out of My League. Two VERY different movies! Which one will come out on top

No Strings Attached vs You've Got Mail

No Strings Attached vs You've Got Mail

The girls discuss America's sweetheart...Tom Hanks, who is a calculated and manipulated psychopath in You've Got Mail. Ashton Kutcher could't be more opposite and shines in No Strings Attached.

50 First Dates vs The Hating Game

50 First Dates vs The Hating Game

Surprise! The Hating Game is replacing Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist…apparently this movie is not sold anywhere?!? Enjoy!

How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days vs Long Shot

How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days vs Long Shot

Two special guests join us this week, Paris makes her return and Natalie makes her appearance. We hope you are sitting down for this episode because just like us you will be swinging your little feetsies.

Bonus - 1st Quarter of 2nd Half

Bonus - 1st Quarter of 2nd Half

A Cinderella Story vs Made of Honor and Leap Year vs Life as We Know It! Who do you want moving forward?

Notting Hill vs Life as We Know It

Notting Hill vs Life as We Know It

Notting Hill does the impossible by making Julia Robert’s unlikable. Ashley makes a bold statement: Josh Duhamel is the hottest man alive…do you agree?

Leap Year vs Amélie

Leap Year vs Amélie

We are whisked away to beautiful Europe for this week’s episode. Leap Year and Amélie both give us a journey through stunning backdrops of Ireland and Paris. What would you take with you if you only had five seconds?

Love Simon vs Made of Honor

Love Simon vs Made of Honor

Tara and Ash debate who they would rather run away with, a NYC millionaire or a Scottish Duke, while Love, Simon has the girls ready to move to the burbs. Tune in to see which one moves on.

A Cinderella Story vs 4 Weddings and a Funeral

A Cinderella Story vs 4 Weddings and a Funeral

Can you guess which is the #1 seed and which is the #16 seed? Tara and Ashley were shocked! Can Hugh Grant beat Hilary Duff? Listen and find out.

Bonus - First Half of Bracket

Bonus - First Half of Bracket

Tara and Ashley complete the first half of the bracket! Five matchups in one episode. Tune in to see who secures a place in the final.

Music and Lyrics vs Sabrina

Music and Lyrics vs Sabrina

Middle of the bracket means mid movies. Join us anyway as we debate Music and Lyrics vs the 1995 Sabrina. Do Rom Com leading men always get off too easy? And who should star as Xaden in Fourth Wing?

Hitch vs The Holiday

Hitch vs The Holiday

This week, Hitch and the Holiday battle it out. Ariel loves Hitch and won't go down without a fight. Ashley loves widows. Paris doesn't want a fixer upper of a man and Tara is the Will Smith of her marriage.

10 Things I Hate About You vs Overboard

10 Things I Hate About You vs Overboard

10 things we hate about Overboard, but you can bet Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell ain't one of them.

Crazy Stupid Love vs Two Weeks Notice

Crazy Stupid Love vs Two Weeks Notice

Steve Carell, Julianne Moore, Ryan Gosling, and Emma Stone…hard to compete with that. Two weeks notice tries to though with a cameo from Nora Jones and Trump.

Christmas Bonus - Holidate

Christmas Bonus - Holidate

A special Christmas bonus episode where the girls discuss Holidate starring Emma Roberts and Luke Bracey!