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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The Place
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I Have Your Wife
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Maybe Ever After
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No Good Deed Goes Unpunished
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It Can Think
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Our Zombies Are Different
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Kill It with Fire
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Have a Gay Old Time
It Will Never Catch On
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Bring My Brown Pants
I Just Shot Marvin in the Face
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All Just a Dream
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Idiot Ball
Storming the Castle
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Slashed Throat
NO INDOOR VOICE
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Green-Eyed Monster
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Pretty in Mink
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Public Domain Feature Films
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Demonic Possession
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Covers Always Lie
Kids Are Cruel
Papa Wolf
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Bitch in Sheep's Clothing
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The Bad Guy Wins
I Want My Beloved to Be Happy
Those Wacky Nazis
Expository Hairstyle Change
Badass in a Nice Suit
Grievous Bottley Harm
Imagine Spot
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Rule of Cool
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Dirty Cop
Pretty Little Headshots
Double-Meaning Title
The Smart Guy
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Villain Song
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Sliding Scale of Idealism vs. Cynicism
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Captain Obvious
Driven to Suicide
Creator Cameo
Evil vs. Evil
Badass Normal
What Happened to the Mouse?
Beware the Nice Ones
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Bury Your Gays
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MacGuffin
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Unusually Uninteresting Sight
Awesome, but Impractical
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I'm a Humanitarian
An Arm and a Leg
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Make It Look Like an Accident
Title Drop
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For the Evulz
Same Language Dub
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War Is Hell
In Name Only
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Leave the Camera Running
Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds
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Fate Worse than Death
Drugs Are Bad
Gory Discretion Shot
Toplessness from the Back
20 Minutes into the Future
Superhero
Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane
Danny Peary Cult Movies List
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A God Am I
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Serious Business
Took a Level in Jerkass
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Rule of Funny
Sequel Hook
Rousing Speech
Fatal Flaw
Parental Substitute
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Bar Brawl
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Shell-Shocked Veteran
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Shoot the Shaggy Dog
Psycho for Hire
Hero of Another Story
Love Triangle
The Faceless
Gilligan Cut
Alas, Poor Villain
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Artistic License Law
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Fourth Date Marriage
Fan Disservice
Aww, Look! They Really Do Love Each Other
Small Name, Big Ego
Meaningful Background Event
Overprotective Dad
Almost Kiss
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Suddenly SHOUTING!
Posthumous Character
Coming-of-Age Story
Tempting Fate
Foregone Conclusion
Chase Scene
Male Gaze
Black Best Friend
Sir Swears-a-Lot
Trailers Always Spoil
Accidental Murder
Disguised in Drag
Nice Guy
Annoying Younger Sibling
Captain Ersatz
Romantic Comedy
Historical Villain Upgrade
Mooks
He Who Fights Monsters
After the End
Enemy Mine
Shower Scene
Camp Gay
Ugly Guy, Hot Wife
Death Seeker
Reality Has No Subtitles
Eye Scream
Darkest Hour
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One-Man Army
Television Movie Index
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Let's Get Dangerous!
It's Personal
Earn Your Happy Ending
Worthy Opponent
Death of a Child
Major Injury Underreaction
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Drives Like Crazy
Offscreen Moment of Awesome
Ms. Fanservice
Wham Line
Politically Incorrect Villain
Disney Death
Adult Fear
Names to Run Away from Really Fast
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Broken Aesop
Biopic
Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right!
BrotherSister Incest
Manchild
The Power of Love
Bi the Way
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Screw This, I'm Outta Here!
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Not What It Looks Like
What the Hell, Hero?
Unspoken Plan Guarantee
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Market-Based Title
I Did What I Had to Do
Arch-Enemy
Even Evil Has Loved Ones
You Killed My Father
The Un-Reveal
Bound and Gagged
Fainting
Meaningful Echo
Badass Boast
Mighty Whitey
Took a Level in Badass
My Greatest Failure
Villain Ball
Your Cheating Heart
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Off-into-the-Distance Ending
Immune to Bullets
Nice Job Breaking It, Hero!
Once More, with Clarity!
Sealed Evil in a Can
Getting Crap Past the Radar
The Ditz
Leaning on the Fourth Wall
The Starscream
The Quiet One
Stealth Hi/Bye
Character Development
Evil Sounds Deep
Heterosexual Life-Partners
"Well Done, Son!" Guy
Alpha Bitch
Say My Name
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Film Noir Index
Children Are Innocent
In the Back
Impaled with Extreme Prejudice
Animated Credits Opening
Spiritual Successor
Killed Mid-Sentence
Rape as Drama
Faux Affably Evil
Adorkable
BFG
Vampire Fiction
Bloodless Carnage
Butt-Monkey
Hooker with a Heart of Gold
Establishing Character Moment
Epic Fail
Artistic License Physics
La Résistance
Based on a True Story
Villainous Breakdown
Stalker with a Crush
Mistaken for Gay
Slap-Slap-Kiss
Action Survivor
Sexy Discretion Shot
Anti-Hero
No-Holds-Barred Beatdown
Spell My Name with an "S"
Nice Hat
Manly Tears
All Girls Want Bad Boys
Too Dumb to Live
Cassandra Truth
Peek-a-Boo Corpse
Works Set in World War II
Video Credits
Would Hurt a Child
The Cameo
Badass Bookworm
Eureka Moment
Thriller
Cool Shades
Horror Comedy
She Cleans Up Nicely
Bald of Evil
Left the Background Music On
Light Is Not Good
Diabolus ex Machina
Woman Scorned
No Celebrities Were Harmed
Despair Event Horizon
Only Sane Man
Off with His Head!
British Films
Whole Plot Reference
The '90s
Half the Man He Used to Be
Dark Reprise
Adapted Out
Defiant to the End
Country Matters
Greater-Scope Villain
Token Minority
A Minor Kidroduction
Combat Pragmatist
Sassy Black Woman
The '80s
Actually Pretty Funny
Comically Missing the Point
Gratuitous English
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Karmic Death
An Axe to Grind
Didn't Think This Through
Does This Remind You of Anything?
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The Alcoholic
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The Dog Bites Back
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Double Entendre
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Anguished Declaration of Love
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The Load
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The Stoic
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Call-Back
Throwing Your Sword Always Works
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Black Dude Dies First
Pragmatic Villainy
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Femme Fatale
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Adaptation Expansion
Big Damn Heroes
Developing Doomed Characters
Accidental Misnaming
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Adaptational Badass
Naked People Are Funny
Cluster F-Bomb
As You Know
Informed Ability
Parental Incest
Auto Erotica
Pyrrhic Victory
Mr. Exposition
Dirty Old Man
Continuity Nod
Never My Fault
Punch-Clock Villain
Mythology Gag
Ambiguous Ending
Bowdlerise
Insistent Terminology
Kill 'em All
Moment Killer
Very Loosely Based on a True Story
Cool Guns
He Knows Too Much
There Is No Kill Like Overkill
Recycled IN SPACE!
Deal with the Devil
Victoria's Secret Compartment
Catch-Phrase
Curb-Stomp Battle
Early Installment Weirdness
A Date with Rosie Palms
Get Out!
Genre Throwback
Horror Doesn't Settle for Simple Tuesday
Pay Evil unto Evil
Amoral Attorney
Hero Antagonist
Rule of Symbolism
Meet Cute
Heroes Want Redheads
You Have Outlived Your Usefulness
Face Death with Dignity
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Back from the Dead
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Index of Film Westerns
Mind Screw
Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep"
You Have Failed Me
Body Horror
Girl-on-Girl Is Hot
Missing Mom
Scary Black Man
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Flipping the Bird
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Babies Ever After
Artistic License Gun Safety
Fatal Family Photo
The Stoner
Guns Akimbo
Narrator
Parental Abandonment
The Dragon
Not Quite Dead
Wicked Cultured
Logo Joke
As Long as It Sounds Foreign
Expy
Blood Knight
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Together in Death
Sadistic Choice
Action Film, Quiet Drama Scene
Not So Different
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Put on a Bus
Deconstruction
Unwitting Instigator of Doom
Deadpan Snarker
The '60s
Central Theme
This Is Gonna Suck
Vomit Discretion Shot
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Serial Killer
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No Name Given
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Super Strength
Those Two Guys
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Friend to All Children
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Anyone Can Die
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Really Gets Around
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Scenery Porn
The Musical
Taking You with Me
Tap on the Head
Intergenerational Friendship
Flashback
Dramatic Gun Cock
Bare Your Midriff
Zombie Stories
Historical In-Joke
Nice Job Fixing It, Villain!
Big Applesauce
Fingore
Those Two Bad Guys
Stuff Blowing Up
Call-Forward
Word of God
Silence Is Golden
The Voiceless
Anachronic Order
Lampshade Hanging
Silent Movie
Mood Whiplash
Bond One-Liner
Men Are the Expendable Gender
Would Hit a Girl
Male Frontal Nudity
Skewed Priorities
True Companions
Famous Last Words
Final Girl
Last-Name Basis
The Hero
How We Got Here
Domestic Abuse
Undying Loyalty
Chekhov's Skill
Artistic License Military
The Lancer
Red Oni, Blue Oni
Only Known by Their Nickname
Disappeared Dad
Jump Scare
Humiliation Conga
Shown Their Work
Taking the Bullet
Breaking the Fourth Wall
Screw the Money, I Have Rules!
Tagline
Woman in White
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Be Careful What You Wish For
Evil Brit
Jerkass Has a Point
Gender Flip
The Alleged Car
Reality Is Unrealistic
Take That!
Punny Name
The X of Y
Lock and Load Montage
"Awesome McCool" Name
Even Evil Has Standards
Intrepid Reporter
No Ending
Hell Is That Noise
Mama Bear
The Reveal
Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping
The Chick
What You Are in the Dark
Film Noir
Faking the Dead
Adaptational Villainy
Anti-Villain
Obstructive Bureaucrat
Freeze-Frame Bonus
Not Using the "Z" Word
Not Even Bothering with the Accent
Training Montage
Romantic False Lead
Insane Troll Logic
Large Ham
All There in the Script
Soundtrack Dissonance
Calling the Old Man Out
Costume Porn
Chewing the Scenery
Does Not Like Shoes
Animal Motifs
Redshirt Army
Dark Is Not Evil
Improvised Weapon
Gorn
Smoking Is Cool
The Sociopath
Show Within a Show
Depraved Bisexual
Time Skip
Only in It for the Money
The Casanova
The Cavalry
As the Good Book Says...
Red Right Hand
Card-Carrying Villain
Dogged Nice Guy
Daylight Horror
Our Vampires Are Different
Evil Is Hammy
Pet the Dog
All for Nothing
Redemption Equals Death
Department of Redundancy Department
Deliberately Monochrome
Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy
Match Cut
Real Life
Ripped from the Headlines
Brutal Honesty
Running Gag
Bolivian Army Ending
Refuge in Audacity
Contrived Coincidence
Everyone Has Standards
Evil-Detecting Dog
Action Girl
Never Trust a Trailer
Neck Lift
Canon Foreigner
Ax-Crazy
Manic Pixie Dream Girl
Big "NO!"
Chekhov's Gun
Foreshadowing
Pimped-Out Dress
Screw the Rules, I Have Money!
Cain and Abel
The Smurfette Principle
Paper-Thin Disguise
Straight Gay
Cool Old Lady
Non-Indicative Name
Protagonist Title
Room Full of Crazy
Extremely Short Timespan
Only a Flesh Wound
Big Eater
Loads and Loads of Characters
Disney Villain Death
Cat Fight
The '50s
Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil
Defrosting Ice Queen
Creative Closing Credits
Up to Eleven
In Medias Res
Gone Horribly Right
Never Trust a Trailer
aka: Trailers Always Lie
Dissonant Serenity
Attempted Rape
Deus ex Machina
World of Ham
Evil Plan
Batman Gambit
Dark and Troubled Past
Mercy Kill
Big Bad Duumvirate
Damsel in Distress
Hope Spot
"The Reason You Suck" Speech
Asshole Victim
Dwindling Party
Cool Old Guy
Jerkass
Hollywood Law
MayDecember Romance
Better to Die than Be Killed
Adaptation Distillation
Alliterative Name
Soft Glass
From Bad to Worse
Good Is Not Nice
Fiery Redhead
Easily Forgiven
Ironic Echo
Beard of Evil
My Beloved Smother
The Dreaded
Blonde, Brunette, Redhead
N-Word Privileges
Ungrateful Bastard
Cool Car
And I Must Scream
Bunny-Ears Lawyer
Closed Circle
Dutch Angle
Stock Footage
The Vamp
Oh, Crap!
Scenery Gorn
Not So Stoic
Meaningful Name
The Film of the Book
Slasher Movie
Dark Action Girl
As Himself
Sir Not-Appearing-in-This-Trailer
She's Got Legs
Irony
O.O.C. Is Serious Business
Nothing Is Scarier
Twist Ending
Dies Wide Open
Cloudcuckoolander
Vitriolic Best Buds
Race Against the Clock
Beta Couple
Berserk Button
HeelFace Turn
Authority Equals Asskicking
And the Adventure Continues
Improbable Weapon User
The Bully
One-Word Title
Bloody Hilarious
Man on Fire
Honor Before Reason
Hong Kong Films
Ambiguous Disorder
Historical Hero Upgrade
Death by Irony
Eldritch Abomination
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Bittersweet Ending
Fanservice
Curse Cut Short
Abhorrent Admirer
The Great Depression
Well-Intentioned Extremist
It's All About Me
Four-Temperament Ensemble
Fanservice Extra
Love at First Sight
Genre Shift
Action Prologue
And Starring
Adults Are Useless
Chekhov's Gunman
Evil Cannot Comprehend Good
Music Stories
Sudden Sequel Death Syndrome
Armor-Piercing Question
Extreme Doormat
Stepford Smiler
No OSHA Compliance
The Atoner
Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass
Chiaroscuro
Belligerent Sexual Tension
Take a Third Option
Break the Haughty
The Mole
Pre-Mortem One-Liner
Why Don't You Just Shoot Him?
Cruel and Unusual Death
Retirony
Only One Name
Neck Snap
Eyepatch of Power
You Have Got to Be Kidding Me!
Darker and Edgier
Affably Evil
Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold
Sports Stories
Demoted to Extra
A.I. Is a Crapshoot
Book-Ends
Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas
All Men Are Perverts
Psychopathic Manchild
The End... Or Is It?
Mugging the Monster
Dramatic Irony
Mad Scientist
Rewatch Bonus
Death by Sex