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