Tropescilloscope: Dirty Coward

Selfishly flees at the first sign of danger, usually at the expense of others. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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Authority Equals Asskicking Not Quite Dead Foregone Conclusion Our Zombies Are Different Bloody Hilarious Genre Throwback The Lancer Gone Horribly Right Arch-Enemy For Want of a Nail No OSHA Compliance Cruel and Unusual Death Shirtless Scene Unusually Uninteresting Sight Mad Scientist Taking the Bullet The Ditz All Men Are Perverts Jerk with a Heart of Gold Super Strength Older Than They Look Shower Scene Those Wacky Nazis Drowning My Sorrows Take That! The Reveal Intergenerational Friendship Accidental Misnaming Happily Married Horror Films The Film of the Book The Mafia Nice Job Breaking It, Hero! Stock Footage Twist Ending Actually Pretty Funny The Bad Guy Wins Vomit Indiscretion Shot "Well Done, Son!" 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Throwing Your Sword Always Works Impaled with Extreme Prejudice Big-Bad Ensemble Cassandra Truth Establishing Character Moment Insult Backfire Villain Protagonist Villainous Breakdown Catapult Nightmare Double Entendre Protagonist Title Idiot Ball Honor Before Reason Informed Ability Dark and Troubled Past The Oner Tap on the Head Abusive Parents Off-into-the-Distance Ending A.I. Is a Crapshoot Serious Business Broken Bird Disney Death Hate Sink One Steve Limit The Lost Lenore May–December Romance Famous Last Words Hypocritical Humor Even Evil Has Standards Bloodless Carnage Too Dumb to Live Imagine Spot Retirony Maybe Ever After Bad Boss Defiant to the End You Killed My Father Logo Joke Eiffel Tower Effect I Need a Freaking Drink Bolivian Army Ending The Dreaded Shout-Out Evil Laugh Depraved Bisexual Screw the Rules, I Have Money! Blackmail Major Injury Underreaction Unusual Euphemism Cool Old Guy Spiteful Spit The Alleged Car Time Skip Sacrificial Lion Betty and Veronica The Hero Romantic False Lead Fourth Date Marriage Fanservice Extra Sci-Fi Horror Domestic Abuse Cool Shades Instant Death Bullet Badass Boast Dark Action Girl Action Survivor Precision F-Strike Arc Words Dramatic Irony Race Against the Clock Rape as Drama Our Vampires Are Different Reality Ensues Television Movie Index Casting Gag Cain and Abel Country Matters Mexican Standoff Early-Bird Cameo Dies Wide Open Overprotective Dad Damsel in Distress Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas Overly Long Gag Deus ex Machina Cold-Blooded Torture Camera Abuse Insistent Terminology Animal Motifs The Un-Reveal Manic Pixie Dream Girl Action Girl Big Bad Duumvirate Public Domain Feature Films Running Gag From Bad to Worse Tranquil Fury Kubrick Stare The Sociopath Here We Go Again! 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Groin Attack Anti-Villain Better to Die than Be Killed Author Appeal Ambiguous Disorder Spiritual Successor Diabolus ex Machina Guile Hero Dwindling Party Brutal Honesty Big Brother Instinct Did Not Get the Girl I Want My Beloved to Be Happy Mistaken for Gay Outrun the Fireball No Good Deed Goes Unpunished Creator Cameo From Nobody to Nightmare Leitmotif Mundane Made Awesome Fantasy Films Historical In-Joke Dissonant Serenity Mercy Kill Corrupt Corporate Executive Fainting Implacable Man Attempted Rape Celebrity Paradox Say My Name Adult Fear Bond Villain Stupidity Ghost Fiction My Greatest Failure Vampire Fiction The Stinger Artistic License – Biology Mythology Gag Costume Porn Evil Sounds Deep Toplessness from the Back Badass Grandpa Shown Their Work "Where Are They Now?" Epilogue Only Known by Their Nickname Evil Counterpart Jerk Jock It's Personal Villain Opening Scene Stealth Hi/Bye Gainax Ending Corpsing Mighty Whitey Bald of Evil Mugging the Monster Arranged Marriage Ms. Fanservice You Have Failed Me Failed a Spot Check Smug Snake Reasonable Authority Figure The Stoic Animated Credits Opening Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold Eureka Moment More Dakka Easily Forgiven Nice Guy Serial Killer Kick the Dog Not So Above It All Gory Discretion Shot Scenery Gorn Epic Fail The Smurfette Principle Ascended Extra British Films Knife Nut Drugs Are Bad Aluminum Christmas Trees Creepy Child Dark Is Not Evil Homage Didn't Think This Through Vacation Films Light Is Not Good Fanservice Very Loosely Based on a True Story Bavarian Fire Drill Toilet Humour aka: Toilet Humor Posthumous Character Ripped from the Headlines Bad "Bad Acting" Visual Pun Lampshade Hanging Adaptation Dye-Job Hope Spot Auto Erotica Broken Aesop No Name Given Pragmatic Villainy Girl-on-Girl Is Hot Shut Up, Hannibal! 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