Tropescilloscope: Demonic Possession

Someone or something is possessed by a demon/ghost. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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