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