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