Tropescilloscope: Laughing Mad

Laughter as an expression of insanity. (read more at tvtropes.org)

More Tropes Sliding Scale of Idealism vs. Cynicism Narrator Slashed Throat Chewing the Scenery Plot Hole Mood Whiplash Leave the Camera Running Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking Evil Plan Karma Houdini Loads and Loads of Characters Names to Run Away from Really Fast Title Drop Cluster F-Bomb Woman in White Not Using the "Z" Word Villainous Breakdown The Sociopath Antagonist Title Downer Ending Too Dumb to Live Not What It Looks Like Villain Song Flashback Big Bad Pet the Dog Darker and Edgier Defrosting Ice Queen Meet Cute Unspoken Plan Guarantee Red Shirt Red Eyes, Take Warning The Casanova Evil-Detecting Dog Punny Name I Did What I Had to Do Alas, Poor Villain Dogged Nice Guy Brother–Sister Incest Setting Update Catapult Nightmare Tempting Fate How We Got Here Black and Gray Morality This Is Gonna Suck Beauty Is Never Tarnished Romantic False Lead Cool Shades I Need a Freaking Drink Dressing as the Enemy Big Brother Instinct Major Injury Underreaction Deal with the Devil Body Horror And I Must Scream Bullying a Dragon The Ace Never Trust a Trailer aka: Trailers Always Lie Five-Man Band Badass Normal Hypocrite Soft Glass Scenery Gorn Crazy Jealous Guy Dutch Angle Mind Screw The Cameo Properly Paranoid Ungrateful Bastard Action Film, Quiet Drama Scene Translation Convention Exactly What It Says on the Tin Put on a Bus Taking You with Me Sassy Black Woman Fatal Family Photo Gorn Spared by the Adaptation Unusually Uninteresting Sight Be Careful What You Wish For Those Wacky Nazis Action Girl Chekhov's Gun Captain Obvious Hero Antagonist Precision F-Strike Lock and Load Montage No Good Deed Goes Unpunished Match Cut Overly Long Gag Jitter Cam Sole Survivor Eagleland Groin Attack Sadistic Choice I'm a Humanitarian No Name Given Roaring Rampage of Revenge The Film of the Book Genre Savvy Double-Meaning Title Fish out of Water The Bully Leitmotif Pragmatic Villainy Dirty Old Man Oh, Crap! 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Kill 'em All Broken Bird Only Known by Their Nickname Time Skip Rich Bitch Horror Films Actually Pretty Funny Eye Scream Noodle Incident Dumb Blonde Zombie Stories Made of Explodium Male Frontal Nudity The Chessmaster Anguished Declaration of Love Vomit Indiscretion Shot Immune to Bullets Good Is Not Nice True Companions Bald of Evil Hope Spot Canon Foreigner Russian Films Evil Is Hammy Those Two Bad Guys Domestic Abuse Suddenly SHOUTING! Ascended Extra What the Hell, Hero? Fantastic Racism The Reveal The Dog Bites Back NO INDOOR VOICE Malevolent Masked Men Dark Is Not Evil Manly Tears Sacrificial Lion Gainax Ending The Quiet One Only a Flesh Wound Blackmail She's Got Legs Bland-Name Product Depraved Bisexual Dark Action Girl "Where Are They Now?" 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