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