Tropescilloscope: Mercy Kill

Killing someone who is better off dead. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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