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