Tropescilloscope: Famous Last Words

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

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