Tropescilloscope: Anyone Can Die

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