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