Tropescilloscope: Famous Last Words

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

More Tropes Actor Allusion Dressing as the Enemy Amoral Attorney Eldritch Abomination A Minor Kidroduction Adaptation Dye-Job Dirty Cop Japanese Films Military and Warfare Films Animated Credits Opening Hong Kong Films Early-Bird Cameo Shipper on Deck Bittersweet Ending Hate Sink Brainless Beauty The Alleged Car An Arm and a Leg Anti-Villain The Smurfette Principle Important Haircut Wham Line Madness Mantra Ghost Fiction Obviously Evil Facial Horror Off-into-the-Distance Ending Even Evil Has Standards Very Loosely Based on a True Story Red Eyes, Take Warning Captain Obvious Properly Paranoid Left the Background Music On Card-Carrying Villain Chuck Cunningham Syndrome Ugly Guy, Hot Wife Totally Radical Adaptation Expansion Those Two Bad Guys Twist Ending Ambiguously Gay Defiant to the End Self-Deprecation Unusual Euphemism Eureka Moment It's Personal Developing Doomed Characters Motor Mouth Needs Wiki Magic Love Shown Their Work Mr. Exposition Cloudcuckoolander Everyone Has Standards Big Damn Heroes Drugs Are Bad The Hero Neck Lift Cool Guns Stepford Smiler Blonde, Brunette, Redhead I'm a Humanitarian Show Within a Show Impaled with Extreme Prejudice Romantic Comedy Arranged Marriage Ms. Fanservice Adaptational Attractiveness Good Is Not Nice Chase Scene Apocalypse How Bowdlerise Jerkass Has a Point Serial Killer Creative Closing Credits Russian Films Destination Defenestration Alas, Poor Villain Overly Long Gag timeperiod Berserk Button Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep" Country Matters In Medias Res Redshirt Army Body Horror Faking the Dead Face–Heel Turn Chewing the Scenery Brick Joke Even Evil Has Loved Ones The Atoner Corrupt Corporate Executive Crapsack World Bloody Hilarious Shell-Shocked Veteran Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy Woman Scorned It's All About Me B-Movie Take That! Bad Boss Nice Guy MacGuffin Take a Third Option "The Reason You Suck" Speech Pretty Little Headshots Epic Fail The Starscream Meet Cute The Bully Not Quite Dead Tap on the Head Taking the Bullet Hope Spot All Girls Want Bad Boys Half the Man He Used to Be Call-Back An Aesop Costume Porn The Cameo Never Trust a Trailer aka: Trailers Always Lie Older Than They Look Malevolent Masked Men Protagonist Title Dramatic Gun Cock No OSHA Compliance Crazy-Prepared Television Movie Index Recycled IN SPACE! Establishing Character Moment All There in the Script Historical In-Joke Martial Arts Movie Poor Communication Kills Manipulative Bastard Sudden Sequel Death Syndrome Random Events Plot Sci-Fi Horror Parental Neglect Grey and Gray Morality Foil Advertised Extra Depraved Bisexual Animal Title Index Logo Joke Humiliation Conga Unreliable Narrator Bald of Evil Yandere Redemption Equals Death Shut Up, Hannibal! Air-Vent Passageway Leitmotif The '70s Mistaken for Gay Screw This, I'm Outta Here! Coming-of-Age Story Flipping the Bird Sexy Discretion Shot Earn Your Happy Ending Damsel in Distress Nice Job Breaking It, Hero! 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Badass Longcoat Stuff Blowing Up Evil Sounds Deep Slashed Throat Does Not Like Shoes Darkest Hour Intrepid Reporter The Cavalry Non-Indicative Name Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping Tranquil Fury The Stoic You Have Outlived Your Usefulness Belligerent Sexual Tension The Vamp Red Oni, Blue Oni Training Montage "Shaggy Dog" Story Brutal Honesty Up to Eleven Wounded Gazelle Gambit How We Got Here Works Set in World War II Made of Explodium Action Girl Historical Hero Upgrade Didn't Think This Through Horror Doesn't Settle for Simple Tuesday Almost Kiss Chiaroscuro Plucky Comic Relief Mythology Gag Ripped from the Headlines The Chick Death by Sex Expy Roaring Rampage of Revenge Not Even Bothering with the Accent Catch-Phrase The Dragon Heterosexual Life-Partners Biopic In the Back Adult Fear Bound and Gagged Fantastic Racism Distracted by the Sexy Screw the Money, I Have Rules! 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Asshole Victim And the Adventure Continues Bar Brawl Dumb Blonde Anguished Declaration of Love Artistic License – Gun Safety Camera Abuse Double-Meaning Title Narrator What You Are in the Dark Fun with Acronyms Worthy Opponent Only in It for the Money Morality Pet Hooker with a Heart of Gold Villain Ball Death of a Child Hell Is That Noise Batman Gambit Suspiciously Specific Denial Immune to Bullets Love at First Sight Maybe Ever After Authority Equals Asskicking Better to Die than Be Killed Vomit Indiscretion Shot Straight Gay Fingore Conspicuous CG Token Minority Pet the Dog Broken Bird Casting Gag Darker and Edgier Ambiguous Ending Rule of Funny Star-Crossed Lovers Vampire Fiction Bare Your Midriff Historical-Domain Character Mundane Made Awesome Monumental Damage Artistic License – Physics Kick the Dog Affably Evil Cluster F-Bomb Hoist by His Own Petard Loophole Abuse "Awesome McCool" Name Race Against the Clock Villain Opening Scene Italian Films Closed Circle Crazy Jealous Guy Sequel Escalation Faux Affably Evil Greater-Scope Villain Mad Scientist Drowning My Sorrows Celebrity Paradox Meaningful Background Event Not Using the "Z" Word Stylistic Suck Ascended Extra Storming the Castle Gone Horribly Right Title Drop The Dog Bites Back The Oner The Mafia Five-Man Band Stealth Hi/Bye Children Are Innocent Improbable Weapon User Artistic License – History Canadian Movies Sports Stories Punch-Clock Villain Central Theme Bloodless Carnage Obstructive Bureaucrat Face Death with Dignity Same Language Dub Villainous Breakdown Fantasy Films One-Word Title Aluminum Christmas Trees Comically Missing the Point Pun aka: Incredibly Lame Pun '80s Hair Put on a Bus It Will Never Catch On Horror Films Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right! He Knows Too Much Naïve Newcomer Brother–Sister Incest Big "NO!" Soundtrack Dissonance The Chessmaster Ship Tease Together in Death Did Not Get the Girl Not So Above It All Handicapped Badass Framing Device Fat Bastard Horror Comedy Film Noir I Need a Freaking Drink From Bad to Worse He Who Fights Monsters Drives Like Crazy Historical Villain Upgrade Knight Templar Reasonable Authority Figure Bad "Bad Acting" All Just a Dream Dark Is Not Evil Psychological Thriller Abhorrent Admirer The Remake The Power of Love Bland-Name Product The Dreaded I Want My Beloved to Be Happy Our Zombies Are Different Neck Snap Superhero Adaptational Villainy Disappeared Dad Romantic False Lead Video Credits Screw the Rules, I Have Money! Implacable Man Hypocrite Gilligan Cut Karmic Death Sir Not-Appearing-in-This-Trailer Large Ham The Lancer Cat Fight Bait-and-Switch Defrosting Ice Queen Ominous Latin Chanting Skewed Priorities Not What It Looks Like Major Injury Underreaction Scary Black Man Punctuated! For! Emphasis! Genre Shift Cool Old Guy Pretty in Mink Beta Couple Undying Loyalty The Brute Overprotective Dad Becoming the Mask Slasher Smile Noodle Incident Wham Shot Index of Film Westerns Nice Job Fixing It, Villain! An Axe to Grind Retirony Daylight Horror Kill 'em All Hollywood Law Only Sane Man Break the Cutie The Lost Lenore Call-Forward Market-Based Title Artistic License – Biology Papa Wolf Evil Brit Annoying Younger Sibling A Date with Rosie Palms Retired Badass Jerk with a Heart of Gold Creator Cameo Anti-Hero Vacation Films Improbable Aiming Skills War Is Hell Only Known by Their Nickname Extreme Doormat Heroic Sacrifice Adaptation Distillation Continuity Nod One-Man Army The Place Tempting Fate NO INDOOR VOICE Action Survivor Fiery Redhead Adults Are Useless Science Fiction Films Amusing Injuries More Dakka Jitter Cam Happily Married Author Avatar As You Know Evil-Detecting Dog No Name Given Novelization Fan Disservice Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane Aside Glance Wicked Cultured Evil Laugh Reality Is Unrealistic No-Holds-Barred Beatdown Riddle for the Ages She's Got Legs A.I. Is a Crapshoot Made of Iron Why Don't You Just Shoot Him? One Steve Limit Killed Mid-Sentence You Have Got to Be Kidding Me! Babies Ever After Deliberate Values Dissonance Mooks Psychopathic Manchild Fainting Bilingual Bonus Artistic License – Law Setting Update Peek-a-Boo Corpse Kick the Son of a Bitch Sanity Slippage Groin Attack Agony of the Feet Insistent Terminology Easily Forgiven Race Lift Ungrateful Bastard Missing Mom Shout-Out Cold-Blooded Torture Guns Akimbo Back from the Dead Nice Hat Insult Backfire Pre-Mortem One-Liner Author Appeal As Himself Film Noir Index Outrun the Fireball After the End Dramatic Irony Action Genre Leave the Camera Running The '80s Cowboy Cop Exactly What It Says on the Tin Stealth Pun Revenge Evil Is Petty Downer Ending Badass Boast Genre Savvy Death by Adaptation Woman in White Shoot the Shaggy Dog Product Placement Freeze-Frame Bonus Rousing Speech Well-Intentioned Extremist Determinator aka: The Determinator Rewatch Bonus The Sociopath Mexican Standoff Chekhov's Skill Documentary Corpsing Rule of Symbolism Daddy's Girl Hypocritical Humor The Ace Beard of Evil Honor Before Reason Parental Abandonment Victoria's Secret Compartment Too Dumb to Live 20 Minutes into the Future Antagonist Title The Un-Favourite aka: The Un Favorite The Load Girl-on-Girl Is Hot Age Lift Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil Your Head A-Splode Thriller Laser-Guided Karma Beware the Nice Ones Visual Pun Captain Ersatz Homage O.O.C. Is Serious Business Awesome, but Impractical Jerkass Blood Knight Heroic BSoD Deus ex Machina Award-Bait Song Abusive Parents Adapted Out Mama Bear Black Dude Dies First Pyrrhic Victory Big Fancy House Manchild Your Cheating Heart Car Fu Spiritual Successor Dying Moment of Awesome Meaningful Name Red Right Hand Married to the Job Would Hit a Girl Sacrificial Lion Mugging the Monster Shower Scene Final Girl No Celebrities Were Harmed Extremely Short Timespan Off with His Head! Friend to All Children Curb-Stomp Battle Epic Movie Action Film, Quiet Drama Scene All for Nothing Real Life Cool Old Lady Department of Redundancy Department The Voiceless Politically Incorrect Villain The '50s All Men Are Perverts Super Strength Insane Troll Logic Precision F-Strike Man on Fire Suspiciously Similar Substitute Rich Bitch Foreshadowing Posthumous Character Offscreen Moment of Awesome Demoted to Extra Knife Nut Dogged Nice Guy No Good Deed Goes Unpunished The Smart Guy Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold Light Is Not Good Funny Background Event Black and Gray Morality Covers Always Lie Jack Bauer Interrogation Technique The Big Guy Humans Are Bastards Pre-Asskicking One-Liner Offscreen Teleportation