Tropescilloscope: Famous Last Words

What you say before you croak. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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