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