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