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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Have a Gay Old Time The Load No-Holds-Barred Beatdown Kill It with Fire The X of Y Italian Films Setting Update Product Placement Groin Attack Happily Married Reckless Gun Usage A Minor Kidroduction Not Using the "Z" Word Market-Based Title Military and Warfare Films Kick the Son of a Bitch Never Trust a Trailer The Ace Pragmatic Adaptation A.I. Is a Crapshoot Dual Wielding Made of Iron Famous Last Words Retirony Sole Survivor Shout-Out Never Found the Body Papa Wolf Throwing Your Sword Always Works Ambiguous Ending The Hero Dies Wham Shot Amusing Injuries True Companions Romantic False Lead Brother–Sister Incest Same Language Dub Screw the Money, I Have Rules! Worthy Opponent Ghost Fiction Deconstruction "The Reason You Suck" Speech Hong Kong Films Action Film, Quiet Drama Scene Oh, Crap! B-Movie No Name Given Facial Horror Index of Film Westerns Nothing Is Scarier Rule of Three Spared by the Adaptation Kids Are Cruel Overly Long Gag Martial Arts Movie Rule of Symbolism Parental Substitute Actually Pretty Funny Bald of Evil Manly Tears Authority Equals Asskicking Easily Forgiven One-Word Title Gory Discretion Shot Establishing Character Moment Bunny-Ears Lawyer Advertised Extra Victoria's Secret Compartment Insistent Terminology Take a Third Option An Arm and a Leg Revenge Race Lift Obviously Evil Faux Affably Evil Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil Heterosexual Life-Partners Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking Daylight Horror Bolivian Army Ending Dark Action Girl Suspiciously Specific Denial The Dreaded Kick the Dog Composite Character Male Frontal Nudity Pet the Dog Time Skip The Ditz Screw This, I'm Outta Here! Continuity Nod Hope Spot Vampire Fiction Villain Protagonist The Smart Guy Mooks Dogged Nice Guy Country Matters Early Installment Weirdness Fun with Acronyms Colour-Coded for Your Convenience aka: Color Coded For Your Convenience Fantastic Racism Recycled IN SPACE! Mr. Exposition Genre Savvy I Have Your Wife Off with His Head! Soundtrack Dissonance Vitriolic Best Buds Death by Adaptation Wounded Gazelle Gambit Genre Throwback Film Noir Index Sci-Fi Horror Aww, Look! They Really Do Love Each Other Darkest Hour Retcon Based on a True Story Mind Screw Bond One-Liner Unwitting Instigator of Doom Paper-Thin Disguise Betty and Veronica Public Domain Feature Films Chase Scene Male Gaze Obstructive Bureaucrat Funny Background Event Punctuated! For! Emphasis! Crucified Hero Shot Determinator aka: The Determinator Adaptation Name Change Cain and Abel Truth in Television Decoy Protagonist My Greatest Failure Crazy Jealous Guy Informed Ability Hero of Another Story Rape as Drama From Nobody to Nightmare Rated M for Manly Foreshadowing Red Oni, Blue Oni The Faceless Blatant Lies Evil Is Hammy Naïve Newcomer Arc Words Attempted Rape Dressing as the Enemy Empathic Environment May–December Romance He Who Fights Monsters Mr. Fanservice The Film of the Book The Chessmaster Accidental Misnaming Enemy Mine Ripped from the Headlines Artistic License – Military Idiot Ball Dropped a Bridge on Him No-Sell Villain Opening Scene Wicked Cultured The Un-Reveal Artistic License – Gun Safety Protagonist Title Pun aka: Incredibly Lame Pun A Date with Rosie Palms Nice Hat No OSHA Compliance Failed a Spot Check It's All About Me Trailers Always Spoil Red Shirt The Oner Bad "Bad Acting" Green-Eyed Monster Punch-Clock Villain Older Than They Look Kubrick Stare He Knows Too Much Needs Wiki Magic Love Animal Title Index Morality Pet Rewatch Bonus Crazy-Prepared Shower Scene Double Entendre Why Don't You Just Shoot Him? Jerkass Vomit Indiscretion Shot Fate Worse than Death The '80s Playing Gertrude Deadpan Snarker Good Is Not Nice Race Against the Clock Spanner in the Works Loophole Abuse Badass Bookworm No Good Deed Goes Unpunished Spell My Name with an "S" The Lancer Break the Cutie Ship Tease Chiaroscuro Lighter and Softer Car Fu Sacrificial Lion Bound and Gagged Major Injury Underreaction My God, What Have I Done? Genre Shift Sinister Minister The Bad Guy Wins British Films Only Sane Man Fatal Flaw Guns Akimbo Training Montage Neck Snap Interrupted Suicide What Happened to the Mouse? Chuck Cunningham Syndrome Stealth Pun Gorn Unreliable Narrator Ominous Latin Chanting Does Not Like Shoes Smoking Is Cool Eye Scream It's Personal Fatal Family Photo Central Theme Non-Indicative Name Black Comedy Rape No Ending Twist Ending Rousing Speech Shipper on Deck Mama Bear Villain with Good Publicity Music Stories Fiery Redhead Cool Old Lady Mugging the Monster Death Seeker Handicapped Badass Big "NO!" 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Conspicuous CG Creepy Child BFG Laser-Guided Karma Fish out of Water Even Evil Has Loved Ones All Girls Want Bad Boys And Starring The Voiceless Obfuscating Stupidity Ironic Echo Karma Houdini Children Are Innocent Hidden Depths Those Wacky Nazis Eagleland Defiant to the End Sexy Discretion Shot Mad Scientist Everyone Has Standards Diabolus ex Machina I Just Shot Marvin in the Face Covers Always Lie Never My Fault Disguised in Drag After the End Bury Your Gays Reality Is Unrealistic Would Hit a Girl Armor-Piercing Question Artistic License – History Only in It for the Money From Bad to Worse Cluster F-Bomb Dark and Troubled Past Evil Laugh Historical In-Joke Improbable Infant Survival aka: Infant Immortality Death by Sex Sequel Escalation Police are Useless Adaptational Attractiveness Awesome, but Impractical Imagine Spot Dirty Coward I Did What I Had to Do Malevolent Masked Men Redemption Equals Death Silent Movie Manchild Bittersweet Ending Did Not Get the Girl All Just a Dream Alas, Poor Villain Exactly What It Says on the Tin Fake Shemp Big Fancy House Gold Digger Freudian Excuse Expy She's Got Legs All There in the Script Better to Die than Be Killed Canon Foreigner Cold-Blooded Torture Big Bad Duumvirate Agony of the Feet Sadistic Choice Body Horror Bowdlerise Parental Abandonment Toilet Humour aka: Toilet Humor Heel–Face Turn Drowning My Sorrows Undying Loyalty Funny Foreigner Dramedy Immune to Bullets The Dragon Ass Shove Annoying Younger Sibling Gainax Ending Room Full of Crazy Adaptational Badass Ax-Crazy The Sociopath Say My Name Faking the Dead Once More, with Clarity! 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Driven to Suicide The Mole Blonde, Brunette, Redhead Important Haircut Mood Whiplash Small Name, Big Ego Badass Grandpa Canadian Movies Together in Death Get Out! Translation Convention Deliberate Values Dissonance Insane Troll Logic Eyepatch of Power Naked People Are Funny Adaptation Expansion Award-Bait Song Becoming the Mask Dark Is Not Evil Christmas Movies Index Mighty Whitey Tap on the Head Sudden Sequel Death Syndrome Aluminum Christmas Trees Film Series Fanservice Extra The Power of Love Gone Horribly Right The Place Hooker with a Heart of Gold Badass in a Nice Suit Air-Vent Passageway Peek-a-Boo Corpse Mexican Standoff Deal with the Devil Manic Pixie Dream Girl Insult Backfire Author Avatar Lock and Load Montage Heroes Want Redheads I'm a Humanitarian Sliding Scale of Idealism vs. Cynicism Works Set in World War II Badass Longcoat Title Drop Downer Ending Skewed Priorities Alpha Bitch Only Known by Their Nickname Calling the Old Man Out Corrupt Corporate Executive Brainless Beauty The Stoic The Cameo Re-Cut Red Right Hand Sealed Evil in a Can Creative Closing Credits Jump Scare Disney Death Casting Gag Horror Comedy Action Survivor Television Movie Index Overprotective Dad Almost Kiss Bi the Way Black Dude Dies First Intrepid Reporter Too Dumb to Live Deus ex Machina 20 Minutes into the Future Let's Get Dangerous! Black Comedy Video Credits Punny Name Double-Meaning Title French Films Taking the Bullet Romantic Comedy Improbable Aiming Skills Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right! Laughing Mad Determinator Hoist by His Own Petard Artistic License – Geography The Lost Lenore The Starscream Broken Pedestal Affectionate Parody Drives Like Crazy Bare Your Midriff Batman Gambit Ascended Extra Maybe Ever After Dirty Cop Jerkass Has a Point