Tropescilloscope: And I Must Scream

A Fate Worse than Death from which there is no escape, not even suicide. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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Dwindling Party Neck Snap Would Hurt a Child Martial Arts Movie Artistic License – History Serious Business Face Death with Dignity Mooks Bad Boss A Minor Kidroduction Distracted by the Sexy Red Herring Obstructive Bureaucrat Only One Name The Un-Reveal Facial Horror Revenge Break the Cutie Cain and Abel Not So Stoic Recycled IN SPACE! Four-Temperament Ensemble Artistic License – Law Deal with the Devil Pre-Mortem One-Liner Empathic Environment Dark Is Not Evil Evil Is Hammy Toilet Humour aka: Toilet Humor Horror Comedy Exact Words Implacable Man Artistic License – Geography As Long as It Sounds Foreign Flipping the Bird Kill It with Fire Deconstruction Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping Bunny-Ears Lawyer Blood Knight Hong Kong Films Protagonist Title Mood Whiplash Posthumous Character folderlabel Refuge in Audacity A Father to His Men Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right! 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Vampire Fiction Kids Are Cruel Cruel and Unusual Death Our Zombies Are Different Anachronic Order An Axe to Grind Early-Bird Cameo Music Stories Those Two Guys Slap-Slap-Kiss Never Trust a Trailer aka: Trailers Always Lie Death by Adaptation Punny Name Redemption Equals Death Anti-Villain Irony Documentary Aside Glance Police Brutality Artistic License – Biology Lampshade Hanging Ripped from the Headlines Cold-Blooded Torture After the End Sexy Discretion Shot Fanservice Extra Death of a Child Noodle Incident Animal Motifs Badass Normal Off with His Head! 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Cat Scare La Résistance Girl-on-Girl Is Hot Red Shirt Conspicuous CG