Tropescilloscope: Make It Look Like an Accident

A murder made to look like an accidental death. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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