Tropescilloscope: Moment Killer

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