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