Tropescilloscope: Death Glare

If looks could kill, you'd leave in a bucket. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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