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