Tropescilloscope: Dropped a Bridge on Him
An important character is killed off in a very abrupt, unceremonious way. (read more at tvtropes.org)
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Kill 'em All
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Taking You with Me
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In Name Only
Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?
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Exactly What It Says on the Tin
Agony of the Feet
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Expository Hairstyle Change
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Title Drop
The '80s
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The Load
The X of Y
Rated M for Manly
Took a Level in Jerkass
Ship Tease
A Father to His Men
All There in the Script
Playing Gertrude
Daddy's Girl
Scare Chord
Fourth Date Marriage
Mundane Made Awesome
Zombie Stories
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An Axe to Grind
Too Dumb to Live
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Mooks
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Kids Are Cruel
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Made of Iron
My Greatest Failure
Make It Look Like an Accident
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Take a Third Option
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Maybe Ever After
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Only a Flesh Wound
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It Can Think
Show Within a Show
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The Hero Dies
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What You Are in the Dark
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Mr. Fanservice
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Fate Worse than Death
Disproportionate Retribution
Drowning My Sorrows
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All Just a Dream
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As Long as It Sounds Foreign
Redemption Equals Death
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And I Must Scream
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There Is No Kill Like Overkill
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You Have Outlived Your Usefulness
Depraved Bisexual
Nothing Is Scarier
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Getting Crap Past the Radar
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Here We Go Again!
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Screw This, I'm Outta Here!
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Red Eyes, Take Warning
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Missing Mom
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Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil
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Never Trust a Trailer
Reckless Gun Usage
It Will Never Catch On
Punny Name
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I Have Your Wife
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Recycled IN SPACE!
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Kill It with Fire
Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds
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Neck Snap
Alliterative Name
Extremely Short Timespan
Mighty Whitey
Fun with Acronyms
Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy
Accidental Murder
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Stylistic Suck
Determinator
Sir Not-Appearing-in-This-Trailer
Worthy Opponent
Evil Sounds Deep
The Mole
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Irony
"Where Are They Now?" Epilogue
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Gone Horribly Right
The '60s
Cowboy Cop
Hope Spot
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Politically Incorrect Villain
Straight Gay
Villain Ball
Smoking Is Cool
The Big Guy
Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right!
The Sociopath
Slap-Slap-Kiss
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Almost Kiss
Nice Hat
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Police are Useless
Adults Are Useless
Drugs Are Bad
Artistic License History
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She's Got Legs
Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep"
It's All About Me
Heroic BSoD
Spell My Name with an "S"
Death by Irony
Evil Brit
Chekhov's Gun
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Anyone Can Die
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As You Know
Eagleland
Cluster F-Bomb
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Say My Name
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And Starring
Revenge
All for Nothing
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The '50s
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Did Not Get the Girl
The Quiet One
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Calling the Old Man Out
All There in the Manual
Antagonist Title
Broken Aesop
Leaning on the Fourth Wall
The Cavalry
Index of Film Westerns
Ragtag Bunch of Misfits
Berserk Button
Red Right Hand
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Bi the Way
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Anguished Declaration of Love
Meaningful Echo
It's Personal
Hair-Trigger Temper
'80s Hair
The Atoner
Cold-Blooded Torture
Aww, Look! They Really Do Love Each Other
Pragmatic Villainy
Badass Longcoat
Evil Cannot Comprehend Good
Not What It Looks Like
Adaptation Distillation
Beauty Is Never Tarnished
BFG
Overly Long Gag
Scenery Gorn
Didn't Think This Through
Department of Redundancy Department
Black and Gray Morality
Once More, with Clarity!
Woman Scorned
Fatal Family Photo
Animal Motifs
Ax-Crazy
Based on a True Story
Race Against the Clock
Kick the Dog
Good Is Not Nice
Fainting
Dull Surprise
Curb-Stomp Battle
A Minor Kidroduction
The Stoner
Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking
Wrong Genre Savvy
Novelization
Shoot the Shaggy Dog
An Aesop
Sir Swears-a-Lot
Rousing Speech
The Un-Reveal
Bad "Bad Acting"
Deliberately Monochrome
Demoted to Extra
Karma Houdini
Parental Neglect
Artistic License Biology
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Gorn
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Dirty Cop
Truth in Television
Babies Ever After
Girl-on-Girl Is Hot
The End... Or Is It?
Drives Like Crazy
Star-Crossed Lovers
Sadistic Choice
Mistaken for Gay
Neck Lift
Affably Evil
Does This Remind You of Anything?
Adorkable
Apocalypse How
Sealed Evil in a Can
Dressing as the Enemy
Love Triangle
Offscreen Teleportation
Really Gets Around
Badass Grandpa
Dwindling Party
Advertised Extra
Hypocrite
Film Series
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Armor-Piercing Question
I Need a Freaking Drink
NO INDOOR VOICE
Black Best Friend
Off with His Head!
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Green-Eyed Monster
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Biopic
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For the Evulz
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Evil Plan
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Tagline
Those Wacky Nazis
Central Theme
Scary Black Man
Non-Indicative Name
Damsel in Distress
Ugly Guy, Hot Wife
Genre Savvy
Very Loosely Based on a True Story
Meet Cute
The Stoic
Aside Glance
Nice Job Fixing It, Villain!
Improvised Weapon
Malevolent Masked Men
Rule of Three
Mama Bear
Man on Fire
Sliding Scale of Idealism vs. Cynicism
Take That!
Action Girl
Male Gaze
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Not Even Bothering with the Accent
Catch-Phrase
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Canadian Movies
Honor Before Reason
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Film Noir
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Fat Bastard
Fantasy Films
Actually Pretty Funny
Trailers Always Spoil
Shirtless Scene
Silence Is Golden
Big-Bad Ensemble
Auto Erotica
Artistic License Physics
Dark Reprise
Dirty Old Man
Hoist by His Own Petard
Big Bad
Laughing Mad
Deal with the Devil
Hero of Another Story
Papa Wolf
Mugging the Monster
Bald of Evil
No-Sell
Film Noir Index
Toilet Humour
aka: Toilet Humor
Put on a Bus
Tempting Fate
Danny Peary Cult Movies List
Canon Foreigner
Action Survivor
Face Death with Dignity
"Shaggy Dog" Story
Author Appeal
Beard of Evil
Shut Up, Hannibal!
Disney Villain Death
Martial Arts Movie
Domestic Abuse
Roger Ebert: Great Movies List
Let's Get Dangerous!
Ambiguously Gay
Hero Antagonist
Dying Moment of Awesome
Jack Bauer Interrogation Technique
Blackmail
Fire-Forged Friends
Never My Fault
Sports Stories
Alas, Poor Villain
As the Good Book Says...
Betty and Veronica
From Bad to Worse
Arch-Enemy
Token Minority
Made of Explodium
Historical Villain Upgrade
Corpsing
Chewing the Scenery
Impaled with Extreme Prejudice
Sole Survivor
Bottomless Magazines
Animal Title Index
Actor Allusion
Camera Abuse
Chuck Cunningham Syndrome
Dark Is Not Evil
Ghost Fiction
An Arm and a Leg
German Films
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Happily Married
Dramatic Irony
Major Injury Underreaction
Black Comedy
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Re-Cut
Fanservice Extra
Covers Always Lie
Loads and Loads of Characters
Enemy Mine
Market-Based Title
Award-Bait Song
Affectionate Parody
Insistent Terminology
Dual Wielding
Wicked Cultured
Jerk with a Heart of Gold
Gold Digger
Gory Discretion Shot
Science Fiction Films
Pragmatic Adaptation
Suspiciously Similar Substitute
Spiritual Successor
Cat Fight
Badass Boast
Hollywood Law
I'm a Humanitarian
Chiaroscuro
Big Applesauce
Only Known by Their Nickname
My Beloved Smother
Big "NO!"
Air-Vent Passageway
Ass Shove
Empathic Environment
Woman in White
Faux Affably Evil
Dogged Nice Guy
Death by Sex
What the Hell, Hero?
Improbable Weapon User
Evil Is Petty
Drill Sergeant Nasty
Never Found the Body
Adaptational Badass
Cain and Abel
MacGuffin
Plot Hole
I Just Shot Marvin in the Face
The Bad Guy Wins
Break the Cutie
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Stepford Smiler
Death Seeker
Toplessness from the Back
Unusual Euphemism
Soft Glass
Kubrick Stare
Pretty in Mink
Spanner in the Works
Mr. Exposition
Conspicuous CG
Evil vs. Evil
Rewatch Bonus
Totally Radical
I Want My Beloved to Be Happy
The Ghost
Self-Deprecation
Hong Kong Films
O.O.C. Is Serious Business
Gratuitous English
French Films
Wounded Gazelle Gambit
Screw the Money, I Have Rules!
Parental Incest
Everyone Has Standards
Why Don't You Just Shoot Him?
Insult Backfire
Knife Nut
Nice Guy
Blonde, Brunette, Redhead
Lighter and Softer
Twist Ending
Mythology Gag
Fish out of Water
A Date with Rosie Palms
The Great Depression
Even Evil Has Loved Ones
Villain Song
Comically Missing the Point
Spared by the Adaptation
Pun
aka: Incredibly Lame Pun
Yandere
The Mafia
Batman Gambit
Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping
Music Stories
What Happened to the Mouse?
Roaring Rampage of Revenge
You Killed My Father
Faking the Dead
Sudden Sequel Death Syndrome
Cat Scare
Wretched Hive
The Alleged Car
Evil Is Hammy
Deconstruction
Crucified Hero Shot
Retirony
Artistic License Military
Ms. Fanservice
The Dog Bites Back
Have a Gay Old Time
Continuity Nod
Left the Background Music On
Guile Hero
Demonic Possession
Foregone Conclusion
Precision F-Strike
From Nobody to Nightmare
And the Adventure Continues
Names to Run Away from Really Fast
You Have Failed Me
N-Word Privileges
Psychological Thriller
Room Full of Crazy
Fan Disservice
Call-Forward
Homage
Black Comedy Rape
"Well Done, Son!" Guy
Bowdlerise
Off-into-the-Distance Ending
Freudian Excuse
Protagonist Title
Grey and Gray Morality
Composite Character
Dropped a Bridge on Him
Throwing Your Sword Always Works
FaceHeel Turn
Exact Words
All Men Are Perverts
Peek-a-Boo Corpse
Fantastic Racism
Police Brutality
The Dragon
Hooker with a Heart of Gold
Wham Line
Breaking the Fourth Wall
Fingore
Abhorrent Admirer
Action Film, Quiet Drama Scene
Laser-Guided Karma
The Oner
Sexy Discretion Shot
Groin Attack
Hell Is That Noise
No OSHA Compliance
Jerk Jock
All Girls Want Bad Boys
Television Movie Index
Historical In-Joke
Adult Fear
Fanservice
Overprotective Dad
War Is Hell
Mexican Standoff
Action Prologue
Punctuated! For! Emphasis!
Ironic Echo
Horror Comedy
Our Zombies Are Different
Posthumous Character
Be Careful What You Wish For
Psycho for Hire
Arranged Marriage
Red Shirt
Shipper on Deck
Red Oni, Blue Oni
Last-Name Basis
Butt-Monkey
Break the Haughty
The Casanova
Bittersweet Ending
Superhero
Line-of-Sight Name
Unwitting Instigator of Doom
The Musical
Meaningful Name
Deus ex Machina
Interrupted Suicide
Dark and Troubled Past
Instant Death Bullet
Creepy Child
Large Ham
Wham Shot
Bullying a Dragon
Bilingual Bonus
Storming the Castle
Match Cut