Tropescilloscope: Disney Villain Death

Character dies by falling off-screen to their death. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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