Tropescilloscope: Death by Sex

People who have sex during the story tend to die. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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