Tropescilloscope: Final Girl

The last survivor of a Slasher Movie. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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