Tropescilloscope: In the Back

Getting stabbed or shot from behind. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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