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