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