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