Tropescilloscope: Epic Fail

A failure so spectacular, it shouldn't even be possible. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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