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