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