Tropescilloscope: Facial Horror

A character has or has had their face gruesomely disfigured. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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