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