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