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