Tropescilloscope: Ax-Crazy

A deranged character prone to random violence. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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