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