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