Tropescilloscope: Gone Horribly Right

The plan is so successful the consequences become tragic. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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