Tropescilloscope: Dwindling Party

Everyone sequentially dies as the story progresses. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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