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