films_all.json

[
   {
      "name":"A Better Tomorrow",
      "id":"ABetterTomorrow"
   },
   {
      "name":"A Boy and His Dog",
      "id":"ABoyAndHisDog"
   },
   {
      "name":"A Bridge Too Far",
      "id":"ABridgeTooFar"
   },
   {
      "name":"A Bug's Life",
      "id":"ABugsLife"
   },
   {
      "name":"A Car's Life: Sparky's Big Adventure",
      "id":"ACarsLifeSparkysBigAdventure"
   },
   {
      "name":"A Cat in Paris",
      "id":"ACatInParis"
   },
   {
      "name":"A Christmas Story",
      "id":"AChristmasStory"
   },
   {
      "name":"A Clockwork Orange",
      "id":"AClockworkOrange"
   },
   {
      "name":"A Cure For Pokeritis",
      "id":"ACureForPokeritis"
   },
   {
      "name":"A Dangerous Method",
      "id":"ADangerousMethod"
   },
   {
      "name":"A Day At The Races",
      "id":"ADayAtTheRaces"
   },
   {
      "name":"A Dogs Life",
      "id":"ADogsLife"
   },
   {
      "name":"A Fairly Odd Movie: Grow Up, Timmy Turner!",
      "id":"AFairlyOddMovieGrowUpTimmyTurner"
   },
   {
      "name":"A Few Good Men",
      "id":"AFewGoodMen"
   },
   {
      "name":"A Fine Mess",
      "id":"AFineMess"
   },
   {
      "name":"A Fish Called Wanda",
      "id":"AFishCalledWanda"
   },
   {
      "name":"A Fistful of Dollars",
      "id":"AFistfulOfDollars"
   },
   {
      "name":"A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum",
      "id":"AFunnyThingHappenedOnTheWayToTheForum"
   },
   {
      "name":"A Gnome Named Gnorm",
      "id":"AGnomeNamedGnorm"
   },
   {
      "name":"A Goofy Movie",
      "id":"AGoofyMovie"
   },
   {
      "name":"A Hard Day's Night",
      "id":"AHardDaysNight"
   },
   {
      "name":"A History of Violence",
      "id":"AHistoryOfViolence"
   },
   {
      "name":"A Kid in King Arthur's Court",
      "id":"AKidInKingArthursCourt"
   },
   {
      "name":"A League of Their Own",
      "id":"ALeagueOfTheirOwn"
   },
   {
      "name":"A Letter To Three Wives",
      "id":"ALetterToThreeWives"
   },
   {
      "name":"A Life Less Ordinary",
      "id":"ALifeLessOrdinary"
   },
   {
      "name":"A Little Princess",
      "id":"ALittlePrincess"
   },
   {
      "name":"A Matter of Loaf and Death",
      "id":"AMatterOfLoafAndDeath"
   },
   {
      "name":"A Midnight Clear",
      "id":"AMidnightClear"
   },
   {
      "name":"A Midsummer Night's Dream",
      "id":"AMidsummerNightsDream"
   },
   {
      "name":"A Monster in Paris",
      "id":"AMonsterInParis"
   },
   {
      "name":"A New Hope",
      "id":"ANewHope"
   },
   {
      "name":"A Night at the Opera",
      "id":"ANightAtTheOpera"
   }
]

get_trope_details.rb

#!/usr/bin/env ruby

require 'json'

starting_dir = ARGV[0]

trope_files = Dir.glob(File.join(starting_dir, "*.json"))

all = []

trope_files.each do |trope_file|
  trope_data = JSON.parse(File.open(trope_file,'r').read)
  puts trope_data['adjectives'].length
  adjs = trope_data['adjectives'][0..4].map {|a| a[0]}
  trope = {"id":trope_data['id'], "name":trope_data['name'], "adjs":adjs}
  all.push trope
end


File.open("all.json", 'w') do |file|
  file.puts JSON.pretty_generate(JSON.parse(all.to_json))
end

tropes_all.json

[
  {
    "id": "AbsentMindedProfessor",
    "name": "Absent Minded Professor",
    "adjs": [
      "absent-minded",
      "mathematical",
      "scientific",
      "flighty",
      "brilliant"
    ]
  },
  {
    "id": "AcceptableFeminineGoalsAndTraits",
    "name": "Acceptable Feminine Goals And Traits",
    "adjs": [
      "strong",
      "wrench",
      "masculine",
      "female",
      "certain"
    ]
  },
  {
    "id": "AccidentalPornomancer",
    "name": "Accidental Pornomancer",
    "adjs": [
      "weird",
      "inconsequential",
      "non-consensual",
      "apathetic",
      "ditzy"
    ]
  },
  {
    "id": "ActionDad",
    "name": "Action Dad",
    "adjs": [
      "beat",
      "touch",
      "protective",
      "kid",
      "main"
    ]
  },
  {
    "id": "ActionGirl",
    "name": "Action Girl",
    "adjs": [
      "curb-stomp",
      "very",
      "far-more-aggressive",
      "full-on",
      "helpless"
    ]
  }
]