Tropescilloscope: Fate Worse than Death

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