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