Tropescilloscope: Cruel and Unusual Death

An extremely painful, unpleasant, and humiliating way to die. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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