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