Tropescilloscope: Black Dude Dies First

The token minority of the cast is always the first to go. (read more at tvtropes.org)

More Tropes Show Within a Show Face–Heel Turn Eye Scream Peek-a-Boo Corpse Redemption Equals Death From Nobody to Nightmare Bury Your Gays Action Survivor Madness Mantra Say My Name Precision F-Strike Does Not Like Shoes Bi the Way Shout-Out You Have Outlived Your Usefulness Blackmail Exactly What It Says on the Tin Double Entendre Comically Missing the Point Everyone Has Standards Unreliable Narrator Naïve Newcomer Dark Action Girl Villain Ball It's All About Me Credits Gag Beard of Evil Bar Brawl Even Evil Has Loved Ones Mugging the Monster Shell-Shocked Veteran Historical In-Joke Up to Eleven No Celebrities Were Harmed Catch-Phrase Whole Plot Reference Overly Long Gag Manly Tears Evil Sounds Deep Adaptational Heroism Scenery Gorn Bloodless Carnage Mistaken for Gay Immune to Bullets Nice Job Breaking It, Hero! Bring My Brown Pants Why Don't You Just Shoot Him? 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Is Serious Business Insane Troll Logic Damsel in Distress Ass Shove Gratuitous English Big Brother Instinct Creator Cameo Fat Bastard Not What It Looks Like Evil Cannot Comprehend Good Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking Those Two Guys Historical-Domain Character Scare Chord Ship Tease Idiot Ball Bloodier and Gorier Vomit Indiscretion Shot Good Is Not Nice Every Car Is a Pinto Ambiguously Gay Frame-Up How We Got Here Nice Guy Parental Neglect Evil Plan Armor-Piercing Question Names to Run Away from Really Fast The '80s Too Dumb to Live Film Series Pre-Asskicking One-Liner Heel Realization Truth in Television Took a Level in Jerkass The Stinger Let's Get Dangerous! Improbable Aiming Skills Christmas Movies Index Unwitting Instigator of Doom Race Against the Clock Crapsack World Deconstruction Five-Man Band Rasputinian Death Woman Scorned Screw This, I'm Outta Here! Re-Cut Once More, with Clarity! 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Guy Hair-Trigger Temper The X of Y Dramatic Irony Dark Is Not Evil Cool Old Lady Mexican Standoff All for Nothing "Awesome McCool" Name Sir Swears-a-Lot Mystery and Detective Films Stock Footage The Reveal Badass Bookworm Extreme Doormat Adults Are Useless Training Montage Insult Backfire Disney Villain Death BFG Deal with the Devil Same Language Dub Composite Character There Is No Kill Like Overkill The Ghost Product Placement Villainous Breakdown War Is Hell The Dreaded Shown Their Work You Have Failed Me Homage Almost Kiss Big "NO!" No OSHA Compliance Action Girl Guile Hero Not So Different Famous Last Words Bullying a Dragon Aww, Look! 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