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