Tropescilloscope: Demonic Possession

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

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