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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You Have Got to Be Kidding Me!
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Only in It for the Money
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The Hero
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Guile Hero
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Recycled IN SPACE!
The Power of Love
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Disney Villain Death
Epic Movie
Psycho for Hire
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Catch-Phrase
Evil Cannot Comprehend Good
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Male Frontal Nudity
Big-Bad Ensemble
The Reveal
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Death by Adaptation
Hooker with a Heart of Gold
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Love at First Sight
You Killed My Father
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"Well Done, Son!" Guy
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Creative Closing Credits
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Silence Is Golden
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Dark Is Not Evil
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You Have Failed Me
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Oh, Crap!
It's Personal
Even Evil Has Loved Ones
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Big Fancy House
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Slap-Slap-Kiss
Beauty Is Never Tarnished
Off with His Head!
Heroic Sacrifice
Curb-Stomp Battle
The Smurfette Principle
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Throwing Your Sword Always Works
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Noodle Incident
Getting Crap Past the Radar
Air-Vent Passageway
Spell My Name with an "S"
Index of Film Westerns
Important Haircut
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Improbable Weapon User
Stylistic Suck
Antagonist Title
Shipper on Deck
Mood Whiplash
Mercy Kill
Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking
The Hero Dies
Fatal Family Photo
And Starring
Scare Chord
Laughing Mad
Cool Guns
The Dreaded
Skewed Priorities
Hate Sink
Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?
Horror Doesn't Settle for Simple Tuesday
Evil Sounds Deep
Vomit Indiscretion Shot
Deliberately Monochrome
The Dog Bites Back
I Want My Beloved to Be Happy
Retirony
One-Word Title
For Want of a Nail
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Names to Run Away from Really Fast
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He Who Fights Monsters
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Darkest Hour
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No Good Deed Goes Unpunished
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Get Out!
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Danny Peary Cult Movies List
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Plot Hole
Kids Are Cruel
Henpecked Husband
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Undying Loyalty
An Axe to Grind
Manly Tears
One Steve Limit
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There Is No Kill Like Overkill
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No Celebrities Were Harmed
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Failed a Spot Check
Made of Iron
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Film Noir Index
Yandere
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Sealed Evil in a Can
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Fate Worse than Death
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Based on a True Story
What You Are in the Dark
Serial Killer
Reality Ensues
Nice Hat
Meaningful Background Event
Take a Third Option
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Animal Title Index
Only Sane Man
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Exactly What It Says on the Tin
Politically Incorrect Villain
After the End
The '50s
Mad Scientist
Light Is Not Good
Death Seeker
Crapsack World
Fat Bastard
Logo Joke
Those Wacky Nazis
Eye Scream
Adaptational Villainy
Adaptation Dye-Job
Developing Doomed Characters
Pretty Little Headshots
Riddle for the Ages
Offscreen Moment of Awesome
La Résistance
Homage
Setting Update
O.O.C. Is Serious Business
Let's Get Dangerous!
Neck Snap
Destination Defenestration
Deadpan Snarker
Rousing Speech
Would Hurt a Child
Villain Ball
Bond One-Liner
Alas, Poor Villain
Depraved Bisexual
Sequel Hook
20 Minutes into the Future
Really Gets Around
Bilingual Bonus
Large Ham
Martial Arts Movie
Cool Shades
Does Not Like Shoes
Artistic License History
Chiaroscuro
Sir Swears-a-Lot
The Alleged Car
MacGuffin
Only Known by Their Nickname
Wounded Gazelle Gambit
Parental Abandonment
Country Matters
Actually Pretty Funny
Jump Scare
Gratuitous English
Neck Lift
Unresolved Sexual Tension
Badass Longcoat
Historical In-Joke
Very Loosely Based on a True Story
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I Did What I Had to Do
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Half the Man He Used to Be
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Take That!
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Easily Forgiven
The End... Or Is It?
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"Shaggy Dog" Story
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Villain with Good Publicity
Dirty Cop
Unwitting Instigator of Doom
Taking You with Me
Even Evil Has Standards
Meaningful Echo
Retired Badass
Screw This, I'm Outta Here!
Death by Sex
Sir Not-Appearing-in-This-Trailer
It Can Think
Manchild
As the Good Book Says...
Meaningful Name
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The Alcoholic
Adaptation Distillation
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Line-of-Sight Name
Room Full of Crazy
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Death by Irony
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Ragtag Bunch of Misfits
Real Life Writes the Plot
Dirty Coward
Back from the Dead
Disappeared Dad
Bottomless Magazines
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Closed Circle
Dies Wide Open
Not Using the "Z" Word
And I Must Scream
She's Got Legs
Bait-and-Switch
Jerk Jock
Heroes Want Redheads
Say My Name
Slasher Movie
Rape as Drama
Kill 'em All
For the Evulz
A Date with Rosie Palms
Kill It with Fire
Leitmotif
Rule of Funny
Posthumous Character
Crazy Jealous Guy
Creepy Child
Evil-Detecting Dog
Man on Fire
Mundane Made Awesome
Rewatch Bonus
Gone Horribly Right
Cool Old Lady
Worthy Opponent
Call-Forward
Gold Digger
Bi the Way
Captain Ersatz
The Bully
Storming the Castle
Never Trust a Trailer
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Defiant to the End
Boom, Headshot!
My Greatest Failure
Extreme Doormat
Drowning My Sorrows
Shower Scene
Ambiguous Disorder
Better to Die than Be Killed
Determinator
Suspiciously Similar Substitute
Action Survivor
Roger Ebert: Great Movies List
Instant Death Bullet
Age Lift
All for Nothing
Science Fiction Films
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Never Found the Body
Disney Death
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Biopic
Canon Foreigner
Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil
Insane Troll Logic
Ominous Latin Chanting
Only One Name
BrotherSister Incest
From Nobody to Nightmare
Sassy Black Woman
Hell Is That Noise
True Companions
Chekhov's Gun
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Naïve Newcomer
Random Events Plot
Here We Go Again!
Break the Cutie
Romantic Comedy
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The Cameo
Driven to Suicide
Evil vs. Evil
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All Men Are Perverts
Outrun the Fireball
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Superhero
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Ax-Crazy
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From Bad to Worse
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Made of Explodium
Red Eyes, Take Warning
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Stalker with a Crush
Star-Crossed Lovers
War Is Hell
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All There in the Manual
Red Herring
Music Stories
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Alliterative Name
Your Head A-Splode
Vacation Films
Translation Convention
Historical Hero Upgrade
The Un-Reveal
Italian Films
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Dull Surprise
Beard of Evil
Conspicuous CG
The Stoic
Knight Templar
Eldritch Abomination
Knife Nut
Dramedy
Suddenly SHOUTING!
Freudian Excuse
Papa Wolf
Shout-Out
The Voiceless
Running Gag
Reasonable Authority Figure
Shown Their Work
Femme Fatale
Screw the Money, I Have Rules!
Continuity Nod
The '80s
In the Back
The Casanova
Earn Your Happy Ending
Sadistic Choice
Dark Reprise
British Films
Black Comedy Rape
Fan Disservice
Slasher Smile
Dirty Old Man
The '60s
He Knows Too Much
And the Adventure Continues
Unspoken Plan Guarantee
Smoking Is Cool
Death Glare
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Bury Your Gays
Ass Shove
Red Shirt
Cold-Blooded Torture
The Place
Mistaken for Gay
Took a Level in Jerkass
Insult Backfire
Pet the Dog
Self-Deprecation
Brutal Honesty
Aluminum Christmas Trees
Humiliation Conga
Evil Is Hammy
Laser-Guided Karma
Interrupted Suicide
Black Dude Dies First
Evil Brit
Chekhov's Skill
Tap on the Head
Cat Fight
Calling the Old Man Out
Serious Business
Cassandra Truth
Precision F-Strike
FaceHeel Turn
Creator Cameo
Pre-Mortem One-Liner
Whole Plot Reference
Not Quite Dead
Totally Radical
Eyepatch of Power
Freeze-Frame Bonus
Kick the Dog
Badass Normal
Bitch in Sheep's Clothing
Dissonant Serenity
Rule of Three
Plucky Comic Relief
Big Bad
Bond Villain Stupidity
Author Avatar
Big Damn Heroes
"The Reason You Suck" Speech
Dark and Troubled Past
Faking the Dead
Black and Gray Morality
Vitriolic Best Buds
Peek-a-Boo Corpse
Actor Allusion
The Mole
Blood from the Mouth
Adaptational Attractiveness
Bittersweet Ending
I Need a Freaking Drink
Bland-Name Product
Leaning on the Fourth Wall
Implacable Man
Shoot the Shaggy Dog
Early-Bird Cameo
Lock and Load Montage
Award-Bait Song
Corpsing
Shut Up, Hannibal!
Jerk with a Heart of Gold
Double-Meaning Title
Rated M for Manly
Action Prologue
Humans Are Bastards
Scary Black Man
Japanese Films
Maybe Ever After
Adults Are Useless
Christmas Movies Index
Broken Pedestal
Belligerent Sexual Tension
Big Brother Instinct
The Big Guy
Straight Gay
Fainting
Babies Ever After
Redemption Equals Death
Badass Grandpa
Hoist by His Own Petard
Cool Old Guy
World of Ham
Faux Affably Evil
Lampshade Hanging
Beware the Nice Ones
A.I. Is a Crapshoot
Blood Knight
Anyone Can Die
Market-Based Title
Face Death with Dignity
Not Even Bothering with the Accent
The Vamp
Central Theme
Needs Wiki Magic Love
Works Set in World War II
Not So Stoic
Wretched Hive
Big Eater
Title Drop
Gory Discretion Shot
Handicapped Badass
Tempting Fate
Fire-Forged Friends
Naked People Are Funny
Married to the Job
Canadian Movies
Extremely Short Timespan
Fanservice Extra
Darker and Edgier
Butt-Monkey
Camera Abuse
Mystery and Detective Films
Mugging the Monster
Broken Aesop
Monumental Damage
Mind Screw
Composite Character
Awesome, but Impractical
Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds
The Oner
Mighty Whitey
Have a Gay Old Time
The Lancer
Final Girl
Kubrick Stare
Brick Joke
As Himself
It Will Never Catch On
Immune to Bullets
Black Comedy
No-Sell
Artistic License Biology
Never My Fault
Cain and Abel
Arranged Marriage
Badass Boast
Enemy Mine
Covers Always Lie
The Remake
MayDecember Romance
Same Language Dub
Vomit Discretion Shot
Bare Your Midriff
Race Lift
Ugly Guy, Hot Wife
The Faceless
Aside Glance
What Happened to the Mouse?
Genre Savvy
Spiritual Successor
Men Are the Expendable Gender
Action Genre
Nice Job Fixing It, Villain!
Daylight Horror
It's All About Me
Protagonist Title
Facial Horror
The Starscream
Adaptation Name Change
Amoral Attorney
Evil Is Petty
Screw the Rules, I Have Money!
Wicked Cultured
Spanner in the Works
Fourth Date Marriage
Russian Films
Motor Mouth
No OSHA Compliance
Dogged Nice Guy
Historical-Domain Character
Only a Flesh Wound
Toilet Humour
aka: Toilet Humor
Empathic Environment
Up to Eleven
Roaring Rampage of Revenge
Animated Credits Opening
Film Series
Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right!
Offscreen Teleportation
Eureka Moment
Nice Job Breaking It, Hero!
Hypocrite
Domestic Abuse
Evil Laugh
Coming-of-Age Story
Overprotective Dad
Hero Antagonist
The '90s
Does This Remind You of Anything?
Token Minority
Bald of Evil
Body Horror
Never Trust a Trailer
Corrupt Corporate Executive
Blatant Lies
Rule of Symbolism
Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas
Jitter Cam
BFG
The Atoner
Australian Movies
All Just a Dream
Suspiciously Specific Denial
Adaptation Expansion
Death of a Child
Male Gaze
Apocalypse How
Pun
aka: Incredibly Lame Pun
Gender Flip
Green-Eyed Monster
Cool Car
Insistent Terminology
Good Is Not Nice
Big Bad Duumvirate
The Bad Guy Wins
Demonic Possession
The Stoner
Drives Like Crazy
Bar Brawl
Dressing as the Enemy
Anti-Villain
Did Not Get the Girl
Anti-Hero
Word of God
Ungrateful Bastard
Dropped a Bridge on Him
Deus ex Machina
I Have Your Wife
Paper-Thin Disguise
Fatal Flaw
Anachronic Order
All Girls Want Bad Boys
I Just Shot Marvin in the Face
Nice Guy
Daddy's Girl
This Is Gonna Suck
Exact Words
Animal Motifs
Demoted to Extra
Stepford Smiler