Tropescilloscope: Body Horror

Grotesque body structures, human or not. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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