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