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