Tropescilloscope: Knife Nut

A character who uses knives as a scary and badass Weapon of Choice. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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You Killed My Father Black Best Friend Artistic License – Biology Too Dumb to Live Parental Neglect Badass Longcoat All There in the Manual Politically Incorrect Villain Your Cheating Heart Nothing Is Scarier Psychological Thriller Product Placement Brutal Honesty Black and Gray Morality Interrupted Suicide Fingore Defrosting Ice Queen Romantic False Lead And the Adventure Continues Canon Foreigner The Quiet One Fantastic Racism Recap / RiffTrax aka: Riff Trax Movies Chekhov's Gunman Double Entendre Blonde, Brunette, Redhead Manipulative Bastard Deus ex Machina Scenery Gorn Cool Old Guy Heroic Sacrifice Dramedy Children Are Innocent Bloody Hilarious Match Cut Failed a Spot Check Enemy Mine Silent Movie Diabolus ex Machina Downer Ending Sliding Scale of Idealism vs. Cynicism Corrupt Corporate Executive Gory Discretion Shot Adorkable Anachronism Stew Based on a True Story Gratuitous English Mooks Martial Arts Movie The Cameo Rasputinian Death Irony Sir Swears-a-Lot Evil Is Hammy All for Nothing Establishing Character Moment Eyepatch of Power Hidden Depths Does Not Like Shoes Crucified Hero Shot Heel Realization It Can Think Japanese Films All Just a Dream Adaptational Attractiveness Chuck Cunningham Syndrome Corpsing No-Holds-Barred Beatdown Artistic License – Law The Ace Big Fancy House Fainting The Ghost Monumental Damage Ax-Crazy The Lost Lenore Chiaroscuro Cold-Blooded Torture Cool Old Lady Red Herring Bare Your Midriff Have a Gay Old Time Those Two Bad Guys A Father to His Men Betty and Veronica Bury Your Gays Anguished Declaration of Love Random Events Plot Freudian Excuse She's Got Legs Fake Shemp Dual Wielding Adults Are Useless Film Noir Dramatic Gun Cock Offscreen Teleportation Large Ham Shirtless Scene Sexy Discretion Shot As Long as It Sounds Foreign Spared by the Adaptation The Film of the Book Suspiciously Similar Substitute Stock Footage Kids Are Cruel Despair Event Horizon No Ending Destination Defenestration Screw the Rules, I Have Money! 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War Is Hell Documentary Brother–Sister Incest Redemption Equals Death Insistent Terminology Bottomless Magazines Batman Gambit The Un-Reveal Actor Allusion Mind Screw Chase Scene Hero of Another Story Genre Shift Loads and Loads of Characters Demoted to Extra Non-Indicative Name Evil Laugh Demonic Possession Author Avatar Karmic Death Disproportionate Retribution Domestic Abuse Superhero A Minor Kidroduction Music Stories The '90s Animal Motifs Wretched Hive Stealth Hi/Bye The Un-Favourite aka: The Un Favorite Genre Savvy Arc Words Took a Level in Badass Foregone Conclusion Punch-Clock Villain Mood Whiplash The Brute My Greatest Failure Bunny-Ears Lawyer Insult Backfire Shell-Shocked Veteran Gone Horribly Right Lock and Load Montage Spell My Name with an "S" Redshirt Army Didn't Think This Through Genre Throwback Eureka Moment No-Sell Improbable Infant Survival aka: Infant Immortality One-Word Title Green-Eyed Monster Flashback Roaring Rampage of Revenge Plucky Comic Relief Gender Flip Fat Bastard Celebrity Paradox The Ditz Dutch Angle Ghost Fiction Australian Movies Half the Man He Used to Be Parental Substitute Sequel Escalation Calling the Old Man Out Big Bad Duumvirate Take That! 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Light Is Not Good Leaning on the Fourth Wall Hate Sink Becoming the Mask Took a Level in Jerkass No Name Given Agony of the Feet Department of Redundancy Department Ripped from the Headlines Men Are the Expendable Gender An Arm and a Leg Heel–Face Turn Fatal Family Photo The Cavalry Up to Eleven Black Comedy Rape Karma Houdini Tap on the Head Mercy Kill Stealth Pun Token Minority Back from the Dead Earn Your Happy Ending Neck Lift Bland-Name Product Wham Shot Bitch in Sheep's Clothing Laughing Mad Stalker with a Crush Meaningful Background Event Evil Counterpart Male Frontal Nudity Artistic License – History Evil Sounds Deep Plot Hole Dying Moment of Awesome Vomit Discretion Shot Drives Like Crazy Extremely Short Timespan Stylistic Suck Moment Killer Historical-Domain Character Fantasy Films What the Hell, Hero? Military and Warfare Films Race Lift Camera Abuse