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