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