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