Tropescilloscope: Psycho for Hire

Loves killing and torturing people, and getting paid for it. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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