Tropescilloscope: Death by Irony

They're killed by something ironic. Usually it's somewhat their fault. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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