Tropescilloscope: Bury Your Gays

Gay characters are killed off disproportionately often. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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