Tropescilloscope: Final Girl
The last survivor of a Slasher Movie. (read more at tvtropes.org)
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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
FaceHeel 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
MayDecember 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
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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
HeelFace 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
BrotherSister Incest
Bavarian Fire Drill
Crazy Jealous Guy
From Bad to Worse
Dumb Blonde
Word of God