Tropescilloscope: Final Girl

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

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Rated M for Manly Spiteful Spit Hypocrite Jerkass Has a Point Dressing as the Enemy The Reveal Ungrateful Bastard Bond Villain Stupidity Eureka Moment Bitch in Sheep's Clothing Only Known by Their Nickname The Hero All There in the Script Pun aka: Incredibly Lame Pun Male Gaze Adaptation Distillation Jitter Cam Drowning My Sorrows Dark and Troubled Past The Dog Bites Back Slap-Slap-Kiss Historical In-Joke Evil Brit The Smart Guy Henpecked Husband Cool Car Shipper on Deck Dissonant Serenity Have a Gay Old Time Woman Scorned Black Best Friend Moment Killer Dirty Coward Thriller Children Are Innocent Real Life Writes the Plot I Just Shot Marvin in the Face Costume Porn Immune to Bullets Intergenerational Friendship Punny Name Dramatic Gun Cock Badass Bookworm Taking the Bullet My God, What Have I Done? Dull Surprise Precision F-Strike Properly Paranoid Villain Protagonist Villain Song Public Domain Feature Films Heel–Face Turn Improbable Weapon User Get Out! 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Meaningful Name Bury Your Gays Leitmotif No Antagonist I Want My Beloved to Be Happy Knight Templar Villain with Good Publicity Arranged Marriage Jack Bauer Interrogation Technique The Stoner Cloudcuckoolander Daddy's Girl Creator Cameo Girl-on-Girl Is Hot Hair-Trigger Temper Jerk with a Heart of Gold Hidden Depths Say My Name Vampire Fiction Friend to All Children Music Stories Unusual Euphemism Antagonist Title In the Back Shell-Shocked Veteran The Faceless Your Cheating Heart Politically Incorrect Villain Shown Their Work Married to the Job Worthy Opponent Back from the Dead Camera Abuse The Alleged Car Card-Carrying Villain Big Fancy House Star-Crossed Lovers Throwing Your Sword Always Works Fantasy Films The Great Depression Heel Realization Nice Job Fixing It, Villain! Gender Flip Parental Incest Adult Fear No OSHA Compliance Parental Substitute Historical Villain Upgrade Double-Meaning Title Everyone Has Standards Guns Akimbo And I Must Scream Improbable Aiming Skills Psycho for Hire Death Glare Psychological Thriller A Minor Kidroduction Drugs Are Bad Outrun the Fireball Berserk Button Badass in a Nice Suit Evil vs. Evil "Where Are They Now?" Epilogue Foreshadowing Laser-Guided Karma Russian Films The Hero Dies Sole Survivor Failed a Spot Check Destination Defenestration Artistic License – Geography Pragmatic Villainy A.I. Is a Crapshoot Spared by the Adaptation Rousing Speech Establishing Character Moment Affectionate Parody Freudian Excuse Revenge Red Oni, Blue Oni Plucky Comic Relief Dark Action Girl True Companions Continuity Nod Chuck Cunningham Syndrome Evil Is Hammy Broken Aesop Hate Sink Action Girl Bad Boss Faux Affably Evil Adaptation Dye-Job Mystery and Detective Films Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking Calling the Old Man Out Skewed Priorities Anachronism Stew You Have Got to Be Kidding Me! 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Damsel in Distress Bittersweet Ending Serial Killer Scary Black Man Ragtag Bunch of Misfits Curse Cut Short Kick the Son of a Bitch Cool Old Lady Leave the Camera Running British Films The End... Or Is It? Token Minority Laughing Mad Tranquil Fury Fatal Flaw The Un-Favourite aka: The Un Favorite Attempted Rape The Smurfette Principle Big Bad Duumvirate Dogged Nice Guy Determinator aka: The Determinator Punctuated! For! Emphasis! "Well Done, Son!" 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Very Loosely Based on a True Story Colour-Coded for Your Convenience aka: Color Coded For Your Convenience Large Ham Central Theme Despair Event Horizon Sacrificial Lion Never My Fault The Mafia Romantic False Lead Pre-Mortem One-Liner Time Skip Posthumous Character The Starscream Wrong Genre Savvy In Name Only Auto Erotica Vacation Films A Date with Rosie Palms Irony Dark Reprise Grey and Gray Morality Manic Pixie Dream Girl Cassandra Truth Villain Ball Jerkass Babies Ever After Bloodier and Gorier Only Sane Man Nice Hat Animated Credits Opening Same Language Dub Casting Gag It's Personal German Films Karmic Death Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold Victoria's Secret Compartment Covers Always Lie Be Careful What You Wish For Better to Die than Be Killed Bottomless Magazines NO INDOOR VOICE Punch-Clock Villain Cool Old Guy Reality Has No Subtitles The Stoic Guile Hero Market-Based Title Ascended Extra Call-Back Hope Spot The Atoner Manly Tears Four-Temperament Ensemble From Nobody to Nightmare Bavarian Fire Drill Corrupt Corporate Executive A Father to His Men Blonde, Brunette, Redhead For Want of a Nail The Alcoholic Agony of the Feet Not So Stoic Serious Business Kick the Dog Chiaroscuro Pre-Asskicking One-Liner Sequel Hook It Can Think A God Am I Homage The Oner Obviously Evil Super Strength Eyepatch of Power Take a Third Option Silent Movie The Ace Adapted Out Anyone Can Die Broken Pedestal Deadpan Snarker Adaptation Expansion I'm a Humanitarian And the Adventure Continues Rich Bitch Undying Loyalty Air-Vent Passageway Gainax Ending Sequel Escalation Police Brutality Half the Man He Used to Be Exactly What It Says on the Tin Stalker with a Crush Self-Deprecation Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas Reality Is Unrealistic Alpha Bitch Disappeared Dad Mama Bear Combat Pragmatist Catapult Nightmare Ms. Fanservice Animal Title Index Genre Shift No Good Deed Goes Unpunished Breaking the Fourth Wall The Bad Guy Wins Actually Pretty Funny Race Lift Greater-Scope Villain Groin Attack Christmas Movies Index The Bully Aww, Look! They Really Do Love Each Other The X of Y Rule of Cool Framing Device Manipulative Bastard Deal with the Devil Eldritch Abomination Black and Gray Morality Femme Fatale Almost Kiss I Have Your Wife Lampshade Hanging Straight Gay Author Avatar Redshirt Army Why Don't You Just Shoot Him? Oh, Crap! 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MacGuffin Cain and Abel Only One Name Male Frontal Nudity Camp Gay Offscreen Teleportation Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil Cool Shades "Shaggy Dog" Story How We Got Here Fate Worse than Death Bait-and-Switch Annoying Younger Sibling Empathic Environment Dumb Blonde Honor Before Reason Refuge in Audacity Sealed Evil in a Can Evil Plan Kids Are Cruel Famous Last Words Kill 'em All Would Hurt a Child Downer Ending Dark Is Not Evil Love Triangle Diabolus ex Machina Here We Go Again! Jump Scare Beware the Nice Ones timeperiod What Happened to the Mouse? Works Set in World War II Dying Moment of Awesome Crapsack World Major Injury Underreaction Ambiguous Ending Anti-Hero The Sociopath Horror Doesn't Settle for Simple Tuesday Fourth Date Marriage Ironic Echo Those Two Guys Ambiguously Gay Setting Update Hero Antagonist Ominous Latin Chanting Even Evil Has Standards Genre Throwback Belligerent Sexual Tension Brother–Sister Incest Mythology Gag Poor Communication Kills Big "NO!" All There in the Manual Due to the Dead You Killed My Father Faking the Dead Armor-Piercing Question Meaningful Background Event Match Cut Loophole Abuse Brutal Honesty Mexican Standoff Fiery Redhead Mercy Kill Sudden Sequel Death Syndrome Creative Closing Credits Toplessness from the Back Screw the Rules, I Have Money! As You Know All Men Are Perverts Disney Death Evil-Detecting Dog Redemption Equals Death Rasputinian Death Retirony Let's Get Dangerous! She's Got Legs Playing Gertrude Trailers Always Spoil The Vamp Expository Hairstyle Change Defiant to the End Fake Shemp Title Drop Rule of Funny Put on a Bus No Celebrities Were Harmed Rule of Symbolism Mad Scientist Monumental Damage Never Trust a Trailer Missing Mom Shut Up, Hannibal! Anachronic Order Pet the Dog Funny Foreigner Hell Is That Noise Suddenly SHOUTING! Lock and Load Montage Authority Equals Asskicking Gilligan Cut Fantastic Racism Papa Wolf Evil Counterpart Non-Indicative Name The Stinger Mundane Made Awesome One-Word Title Dutch Angle Pragmatic Adaptation Final Girl Ass Shove Taking You with Me Not Even Bothering with the Accent Hooker with a Heart of Gold Pretty Little Headshots Madness Mantra Parental Neglect Aside Glance Military and Warfare Films Up to Eleven Evil Laugh Race Against the Clock Not So Above It All Television Movie Index Foil The Casanova For the Evulz Roger Ebert: Great Movies List Hollywood Law Wounded Gazelle Gambit Bring My Brown Pants Call-Forward Scenery Gorn Pay Evil unto Evil This Is Gonna Suck Not So Different Didn't Think This Through Black Comedy Hong Kong Films Protagonist Title It's All About Me Suspiciously Specific Denial Retcon Left the Background Music On After the End Kill It with Fire The Musical I Need a Freaking Drink Once More, with Clarity! Naïve Newcomer No Ending Scare Chord