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