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