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