Tropescilloscope: Fan Disservice

Sexy turned squicky and/or disturbing on purpose. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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