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