Tropescilloscope: Drugs Are Bad

Chemical substances consumed for recreational purposes? Nope. That's bad. Very, very bad. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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Is a Crapshoot War Is Hell Be Careful What You Wish For The Bad Guy Wins Punny Name The Dreaded Serial Killer Smug Snake Missing Mom Black and Gray Morality Science Fiction Films Adaptational Villainy Straight Gay Decoy Protagonist Conspicuous CG Cold-Blooded Torture The Cameo Empathic Environment Berserk Button Red Oni, Blue Oni Spared by the Adaptation Thriller Meaningful Echo It's All About Me Historical Hero Upgrade Historical In-Joke Nice Guy Depraved Bisexual Deconstruction Gainax Ending My Greatest Failure Fire-Forged Friends As the Good Book Says... Informed Ability Humiliation Conga Bar Brawl Femme Fatale Does This Remind You of Anything? Only a Flesh Wound Heel–Face Turn Awesome, but Impractical Death Glare Horror Films Together in Death Authority Equals Asskicking Police Brutality Redemption Equals Death Canon Foreigner Manipulative Bastard Recycled IN SPACE! 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Slasher Smile Sanity Slippage Psychopathic Manchild No Good Deed Goes Unpunished German Films Fish out of Water Malevolent Masked Men Based on a True Story The Mole Put on a Bus Needs Wiki Magic Love Evil vs. Evil Death by Adaptation More Dakka Alliterative Name Face Death with Dignity Mighty Whitey Break the Haughty The Ace Extreme Doormat Crucified Hero Shot Drowning My Sorrows Daddy's Girl Captain Ersatz Documentary Villain Ball Artistic License – Geography Jump Scare Retirony Reality Has No Subtitles Victoria's Secret Compartment Cat Scare The Atoner Domestic Abuse Took a Level in Jerkass Captain Obvious Pretty Little Headshots Determinator Colour-Coded for Your Convenience aka: Color Coded For Your Convenience Diabolus ex Machina Canadian Movies Five-Man Band Red Eyes, Take Warning Evil Plan Daylight Horror Cool Car Camera Abuse Fantasy Films A God Am I Jerkass Has a Point Public Domain Feature Films Badass Longcoat Heroes Want Redheads True Companions Dark Reprise The Un-Favourite aka: The Un Favorite Covers Always Lie Shout-Out Shirtless Scene Leitmotif Bloodless Carnage Crazy-Prepared Red Shirt Race Against the Clock Adult Fear Hong Kong Films Fiery Redhead Adaptation Name Change Eureka Moment Take a Third Option "Shaggy Dog" Story Horror Doesn't Settle for Simple Tuesday Anachronism Stew Ugly Guy, Hot Wife Henpecked Husband Unspoken Plan Guarantee Silence Is Golden Wham Shot Cassandra Truth Papa Wolf Dark and Troubled Past Batman Gambit Death Seeker Bond Villain Stupidity Disney Death Laughing Mad Riddle for the Ages Twist Ending Blonde, Brunette, Redhead Unwitting Instigator of Doom Rule of Cool Fainting This Is Gonna Suck Works Set in World War II Famous Last Words Loophole Abuse Only Sane Man Suspiciously Specific Denial Rule of Three Downer Ending Continuity Nod Chekhov's Gun Narrator Let's Get Dangerous! Not Quite Dead Bi the Way Playing Gertrude Even Evil Has Standards Improbable Infant Survival aka: Infant Immortality Truth in Television Bloody Hilarious Star-Crossed Lovers Ambiguous Disorder Not So Different Adapted Out Posthumous Character Deadpan Snarker Red Herring Killed Mid-Sentence Exact Words Ungrateful Bastard Rich Bitch Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping Video Credits "Well Done, Son!" Guy Bait-and-Switch folderlabel Scary Black Man Darker and Edgier Lampshade Hanging Danny Peary Cult Movies List Small Name, Big Ego Would Hurt a Child Really Gets Around Fate Worse than Death Ominous Latin Chanting Light Is Not Good Evil Sounds Deep Bunny-Ears Lawyer Serious Business Rule of Funny Action Girl Romantic False Lead Artistic License – Gun Safety Evil Is Petty Freudian Excuse Roger Ebert: Great Movies List Easily Forgiven Worthy Opponent Mugging the Monster Those Wacky Nazis The Alleged Car Police are Useless Chekhov's Skill Gory Discretion Shot He Who Fights Monsters Oh, Crap! 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Action Genre Creative Closing Credits Disproportionate Retribution Impaled with Extreme Prejudice Becoming the Mask Central Theme For the Evulz Suspiciously Similar Substitute Dropped a Bridge on Him Dirty Old Man Male Frontal Nudity Epic Movie Deus ex Machina Animated Credits Opening Slap-Slap-Kiss Beware the Nice Ones Super Strength Faking the Dead Ship Tease The Ghost Spiritual Successor Left the Background Music On Hope Spot Taking the Bullet Big Brother Instinct Only Known by Their Nickname Black Best Friend Sassy Black Woman Mexican Standoff Mr. Fanservice Alpha Bitch Pun aka: Incredibly Lame Pun A Minor Kidroduction Scenery Porn Pyrrhic Victory Hoist by His Own Petard Body Horror Action Survivor Sinister Minister Kill It with Fire Big Bad Duumvirate Noodle Incident Improbable Weapon User What Happened to the Mouse? 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A Father to His Men Major Injury Underreaction Early-Bird Cameo Animal Motifs Costume Porn Idiot Ball Hidden Depths Lighter and Softer Funny Foreigner Make It Look Like an Accident Credits Gag Even Evil Has Loved Ones Wicked Cultured Flipping the Bird Reckless Gun Usage Rape as Drama Adaptation Expansion Trailers Always Spoil Jitter Cam Not Even Bothering with the Accent Italian Films The Load Same Language Dub Break the Cutie Despair Event Horizon Blackmail Knife Nut Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy Ascended Extra Mad Scientist No-Sell Horror Comedy Artistic License – Law The Musical Overly Long Gag Tempting Fate Eiffel Tower Effect Aluminum Christmas Trees Freeze-Frame Bonus Fatal Flaw Villain with Good Publicity Slashed Throat Big Fancy House Brainless Beauty Kill 'em All Red Right Hand Visual Pun Why Don't You Just Shoot Him? Mr. Exposition All Just a Dream Leave the Camera Running Married to the Job Pre-Mortem One-Liner Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking Casting Gag Hair-Trigger Temper Big-Bad Ensemble The Dog Bites Back Recap / RiffTrax aka: Riff Trax Movies Beta Couple Genre Savvy Unresolved Sexual Tension Insane Troll Logic Aside Glance Sci-Fi Horror La Résistance Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep" Badass Boast Frame-Up Sequel Hook No OSHA Compliance Gorn Badass Bookworm Sealed Evil in a Can Dutch Angle Gone Horribly Right Bad "Bad Acting" Roaring Rampage of Revenge Fanservice Never Trust a Trailer One-Word Title Catch-Phrase Abusive Parents Only in It for the Money Dramedy Mythology Gag Throwing Your Sword Always Works Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds Rewatch Bonus Happily Married Cruel and Unusual Death Evil-Detecting Dog Skewed Priorities Ax-Crazy Anti-Villain Action Film, Quiet Drama Scene Catapult Nightmare Funny Background Event Advertised Extra Fingore Ambiguously Gay Damsel in Distress Distracted by the Sexy Offscreen Moment of Awesome All Men Are Perverts Mind Screw Ass Shove Big Eater Honor Before Reason Took a Level in Badass Guns Akimbo Mistaken for Gay Not What It Looks Like French Films Running Gag Reality Is Unrealistic Gender Flip Sliding Scale of Idealism vs. Cynicism Calling the Old Man Out Self-Deprecation The Chick Bullying a Dragon Cool Shades No Name Given Composite Character Hero of Another Story Loads and Loads of Characters Superhero Humans Are Bastards Names to Run Away from Really Fast In Medias Res The Smurfette Principle Outrun the Fireball Parental Incest Closed Circle Big Applesauce And Starring Defrosting Ice Queen Foil Television Movie Index Sadistic Choice Alas, Poor Villain The Power of Love Establishing Character Moment Irony Does Not Like Shoes Shower Scene Dying Moment of Awesome O.O.C. 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Epilogue Pretty in Mink Arch-Enemy Dual Wielding Non-Indicative Name Immune to Bullets Obfuscating Stupidity Dramatic Irony Bitch in Sheep's Clothing Screw the Money, I Have Rules! The X of Y Belligerent Sexual Tension Aww, Look! They Really Do Love Each Other Stylistic Suck Cowboy Cop Our Zombies Are Different Getting Crap Past the Radar Meaningful Name Made of Iron Everyone Has Standards Toplessness from the Back Rasputinian Death The Lancer Beard of Evil Martial Arts Movie Taking You with Me Shut Up, Hannibal! 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The Brute The Lost Lenore Madness Mantra Eldritch Abomination Tap on the Head You Have Failed Me timeperiod Heroic BSoD The Casanova Evil Laugh Film Noir Guile Hero Butt-Monkey Blatant Lies Curse Cut Short Fan Disservice Children Are Innocent Dirty Cop The Alcoholic Death of a Child Only One Name Betty and Veronica Paper-Thin Disguise Off-into-the-Distance Ending Imagine Spot All Girls Want Bad Boys The Oner Bittersweet Ending Scenery Gorn Japanese Films Badass in a Nice Suit Precision F-Strike Silent Movie Vitriolic Best Buds Amoral Attorney Wounded Gazelle Gambit Real Life Gilligan Cut In the Back Bottomless Magazines Cool Guns World of Ham Heel Realization