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