Tropescilloscope: Did Not Get the Girl

The Protagonist doesn't get together with their Love Interest. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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The Alleged Car Knife Nut Spell My Name with an "S" Would Hurt a Child Genre Throwback The Lancer Villain Ball Film Series Not Quite Dead Captain Ersatz Ambiguous Ending Epic Fail Dark Is Not Evil It's All About Me Aluminum Christmas Trees Serial Killer Bullying a Dragon Take a Third Option Unspoken Plan Guarantee Why Did It Have to Be Snakes? 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Say My Name Slasher Smile Darker and Edgier Jump Scare All There in the Script In the Back The Big Guy And I Must Scream Moment Killer Deliberately Monochrome Actually Pretty Funny Bald of Evil From Bad to Worse Shipper on Deck Meaningful Background Event Framing Device How We Got Here "The Reason You Suck" Speech Soundtrack Dissonance The Alcoholic Crucified Hero Shot Early Installment Weirdness Rape as Drama Star-Crossed Lovers You Have Outlived Your Usefulness Broken Bird Dirty Coward The Hero Earn Your Happy Ending Anyone Can Die Plot Hole Badass Boast Chase Scene Evil vs. Evil Red Herring Wretched Hive The Oner Adorkable You Killed My Father Wicked Cultured Stalker with a Crush Death by Irony N-Word Privileges Made of Iron Australian Movies Determinator Cat Fight Facial Horror Have a Gay Old Time Maybe Ever After Eagleland Affectionate Parody Slasher Movie Your Head A-Splode Redshirt Army The Mole The Starscream Time Skip Intergenerational Friendship Laser-Guided Karma Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass Romantic False Lead Trailers Always Spoil Does This Remind You of Anything? 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The Hero Dies He Who Fights Monsters Fan Disservice Artistic License – Gun Safety The Chessmaster Reality Has No Subtitles Colour-Coded for Your Convenience aka: Color Coded For Your Convenience All for Nothing Cool Old Lady Dissonant Serenity Villain with Good Publicity Foil Meaningful Echo Italian Films Deus ex Machina Novelization Heel–Face Turn Hero of Another Story Hope Spot Dramatic Irony Pimped-Out Dress Spiritual Successor Crazy Jealous Guy Bury Your Gays Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy Funny Background Event Scenery Gorn Informed Ability What Happened to the Mouse? 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Epilogue Throwing Your Sword Always Works The Bad Guy Wins Hollywood Law Lock and Load Montage Taking the Bullet Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane Improvised Weapon Coming-of-Age Story Dies Wide Open Adaptation Expansion Honor Before Reason Deconstruction Match Cut Domestic Abuse Evil Plan Author Avatar The Un-Favourite aka: The Un Favorite The Load Crapsack World BFG Even Evil Has Loved Ones Unusually Uninteresting Sight Ascended Extra Did Not Get the Girl Made of Explodium The Stoner Very Loosely Based on a True Story Hell Is That Noise Obviously Evil Closed Circle Early-Bird Cameo Celebrity Paradox Sci-Fi Horror The Great Depression Wrong Genre Savvy Skewed Priorities Market-Based Title The Musical Action Survivor Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas Evil Is Petty Expy Only One Name Reality Ensues This Is Gonna Suck Here We Go Again! Never Trust a Trailer Laughing Mad Bar Brawl Big Brother Instinct Police are Useless