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