Tropescilloscope: Black Dude Dies First
The token minority of the cast is always the first to go. (read more at tvtropes.org)
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I'm a Humanitarian
Good Is Not Nice
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Girl-on-Girl Is Hot
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Reality Has No Subtitles
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You Have Failed Me
Knife Nut
Rousing Speech
Bloody Hilarious
Twist Ending
BFG
Morality Pet
Cold-Blooded Torture
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The '80s
Humiliation Conga
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Horror Doesn't Settle for Simple Tuesday
Armor-Piercing Question
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Death Seeker
War Is Hell
Needs Wiki Magic Love
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Neck Snap
Big "NO!"
Biopic
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Soft Glass
Guns Akimbo
And Starring
Grievous Bottley Harm
"Well Done, Son!" Guy
Insistent Terminology
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Animated Credits Opening
Posthumous Character
Be Careful What You Wish For
Star-Crossed Lovers
No Antagonist
After the End
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Death by Sex
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Take a Third Option
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The Cavalry
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Dropped a Bridge on Him
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Dies Wide Open
As the Good Book Says...
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Nice Job Breaking It, Hero!
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You Killed My Father
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Fat Bastard
Get Out!
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Does This Remind You of Anything?
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It Will Never Catch On
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What You Are in the Dark
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Take That!
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It Can Think
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Black Dude Dies First
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Shut Up, Hannibal!
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Children Are Innocent
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All Men Are Perverts
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Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right!
More Dakka
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Even Evil Has Loved Ones
Your Cheating Heart
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Not So Different
You Have Outlived Your Usefulness
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Bring My Brown Pants
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Evil Brit
Idiot Ball
My Beloved Smother
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Nice Job Fixing It, Villain!
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Never My Fault
Truth in Television
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She's Got Legs
Evil Cannot Comprehend Good
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Why Don't You Just Shoot Him?
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What the Hell, Hero?
Straight Gay
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The Place
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Evil Is Hammy
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The Hero
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An Arm and a Leg
Victoria's Secret Compartment
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"The Reason You Suck" Speech
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A Minor Kidroduction
Anyone Can Die
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Determinator
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Screw the Rules, I Have Money!
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Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane
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Throwing Your Sword Always Works
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The Stinger
Adults Are Useless
Ax-Crazy
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Totally Radical
All Girls Want Bad Boys
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Your Head A-Splode
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Cool Shades
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Our Vampires Are Different
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Redshirt Army
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Room Full of Crazy
Pet the Dog
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Men Are the Expendable Gender
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Only in It for the Money
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NO INDOOR VOICE
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Agony of the Feet
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Never Found the Body
There Is No Kill Like Overkill
Never Trust a Trailer
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Took a Level in Badass
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Only One Name
Better to Die than Be Killed
Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds
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Bowdlerise
From Bad to Worse
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Empathic Environment
Break the Haughty
Big Fancy House
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My Greatest Failure
Redemption Equals Death
Cat Fight
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Man on Fire
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Meet Cute
Dwindling Party
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The Starscream
Dark and Troubled Past
Damsel in Distress
Blackmail
Badass in a Nice Suit
The Ditz
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Kill 'em All
Fiery Redhead
Only a Flesh Wound
Evil Is Petty
Stealth Hi/Bye
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Villainous Breakdown
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Almost Kiss
Curb-Stomp Battle
Make It Look Like an Accident
Despair Event Horizon
Cool Car
Wham Shot
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Gender Flip
Sadistic Choice
Intergenerational Friendship
The Power of Love
Retcon
Covers Always Lie
Meaningful Echo
Parental Abandonment
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Woman in White
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Sliding Scale of Idealism vs. Cynicism
Broken Aesop
Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?
Interrupted Suicide
Retirony
Black Best Friend
The Dog Bites Back
Politically Incorrect Villain
Death Glare
Bavarian Fire Drill
Let's Get Dangerous!
Affectionate Parody
I Want My Beloved to Be Happy
Foregone Conclusion
Antagonist Title
Real Life Writes the Plot
Sequel Hook
Hate Sink
Names to Run Away from Really Fast
Ironic Echo
Daddy's Girl
Never Trust a Trailer
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Wicked Cultured
No Celebrities Were Harmed
Suddenly SHOUTING!
Kick the Dog
Together in Death
Decoy Protagonist
Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass
Face Death with Dignity
Evil Plan
Early-Bird Cameo
Brutal Honesty
Ms. Fanservice
Off-into-the-Distance Ending
Arranged Marriage
The Vamp
Intrepid Reporter
Roger Ebert: Great Movies List
Taking the Bullet
Closed Circle
One Steve Limit
It's Personal
Early Installment Weirdness
Spared by the Adaptation
Meaningful Background Event
Aww, Look! They Really Do Love Each Other
Dull Surprise
Attempted Rape
Annoying Younger Sibling
Unusual Euphemism
Villain Song
Honor Before Reason
Important Haircut
Silence Is Golden
Author Appeal
Overly Long Gag
Papa Wolf
I Have Your Wife
Exactly What It Says on the Tin
Psycho for Hire
As Long as It Sounds Foreign
Monumental Damage
Creator Cameo
An Axe to Grind
Dogged Nice Guy