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