Tropescilloscope: No Good Deed Goes Unpunished

Noble action brings bad consequences. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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Implacable Man The Quiet One Evil Sounds Deep Guns Akimbo Laser-Guided Karma Dull Surprise The Great Depression In Medias Res Genre Throwback Even Evil Has Loved Ones Better to Die than Be Killed All There in the Script Villain Protagonist Anyone Can Die Manipulative Bastard Foregone Conclusion Calling the Old Man Out Attempted Rape Not So Above It All Sole Survivor Ominous Latin Chanting Precision F-Strike Suspiciously Specific Denial Malevolent Masked Men Greater-Scope Villain Honor Before Reason Ghost Fiction Failed a Spot Check Mama Bear As Himself Smug Snake Moment Killer "Well Done, Son!" Guy The Un-Favourite aka: The Un Favorite It's Personal It Will Never Catch On Slasher Smile Time Skip Kill 'em All Amusing Injuries Idiot Ball Token Minority Bloodless Carnage Expy Drill Sergeant Nasty Reality Has No Subtitles Ambiguous Ending Kick the Dog Exactly What It Says on the Tin The Cameo Rule of Funny Twist Ending Gorn Bi the Way Artistic License – Biology Death Seeker Costume Porn Dirty Coward Narrator Irony Leave the Camera Running Nice Job Breaking It, Hero! 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Re-Cut The Stinger Danny Peary Cult Movies List Immune to Bullets No Ending Bad "Bad Acting" Jack Bauer Interrogation Technique Psychological Thriller Grievous Bottley Harm Taking the Bullet Visual Pun Domestic Abuse The Smurfette Principle Ambiguously Gay Novelization Daylight Horror Mundane Made Awesome An Aesop Yandere Not Even Bothering with the Accent Romantic Comedy Good Is Not Nice Eagleland Posthumous Character Green-Eyed Monster Captain Obvious Humiliation Conga Reasonable Authority Figure The Casanova The Starscream Didn't Think This Through Bait-and-Switch Imagine Spot And Starring Dumb Blonde Television Movie Index The Ace Action Girl Self-Deprecation Mad Scientist Vomit Indiscretion Shot Shirtless Scene Psycho for Hire Screw This, I'm Outta Here! 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Is Serious Business Alas, Poor Villain Corrupt Corporate Executive Becoming the Mask Public Domain Feature Films Reality Ensues Shoot the Shaggy Dog Not What It Looks Like Skewed Priorities Heel–Face Turn Karmic Death Anachronic Order Sir Not-Appearing-in-This-Trailer Left the Background Music On Leitmotif May–December Romance Improbable Infant Survival aka: Infant Immortality Wham Shot Jump Scare Protagonist Title Black Dude Dies First Red Right Hand Slap-Slap-Kiss Deconstruction Cat Scare Black and Gray Morality Abhorrent Admirer Pay Evil unto Evil Empathic Environment Broken Pedestal Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy Continuity Nod Hero of Another Story I Want My Beloved to Be Happy Why Did It Have to Be Snakes? Accidental Misnaming Fate Worse than Death Sacrificial Lion For Want of a Nail Faking the Dead Victoria's Secret Compartment Darker and Edgier Fingore Science Fiction Films The Stoic Here We Go Again! 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Those Two Guys Bad Boss Auto Erotica Scenery Gorn Brick Joke Vomit Discretion Shot An Arm and a Leg Parental Substitute I Have Your Wife Title Drop Body Horror A.I. Is a Crapshoot Big Applesauce Badass Boast What Happened to the Mouse? Pretty in Mink Hollywood Darkness Anachronism Stew Riddle for the Ages Scare Chord Unusually Uninteresting Sight Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil Author Avatar Ascended Extra Action Genre Sadistic Choice Improbable Aiming Skills Male Gaze Creator Cameo Offscreen Teleportation Arch-Enemy After the End Match Cut Crucified Hero Shot Hollywood Law The Alcoholic Insane Troll Logic Redshirt Army Sequel Hook The Remake Random Events Plot Ragtag Bunch of Misfits This Is Gonna Suck Your Cheating Heart What the Hell, Hero? Married to the Job Extremely Short Timespan Spiteful Spit Spanner in the Works Cool Shades Artistic License – Physics Card-Carrying Villain Have a Gay Old Time "Where Are They Now?" 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Epic Fail The Bad Guy Wins The Dreaded Genre Shift Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right! Wrong Genre Savvy Recycled IN SPACE! Developing Doomed Characters The Sociopath Evil Is Hammy Mr. Fanservice "Shaggy Dog" Story Knight Templar Poor Communication Kills Adorkable Villainous Breakdown Mooks Badass Longcoat Disguised in Drag Crapsack World Cool Old Guy Tranquil Fury A Father to His Men Training Montage Evil vs. Evil Downer Ending No Celebrities Were Harmed Badass Bookworm Big Eater Stock Footage Leaning on the Fourth Wall Adults Are Useless Bar Brawl Animated Credits Opening Bond One-Liner Big Fancy House Dies Wide Open Tap on the Head Break the Haughty Asshole Victim Exact Words You Have Got to Be Kidding Me! No Name Given Nothing Is Scarier Our Vampires Are Different Unusual Euphemism Military and Warfare Films I Did What I Had to Do Rated M for Manly Blonde, Brunette, Redhead Break the Cutie BFG Ms. Fanservice Blood Knight Dark and Troubled Past Death of a Child Vitriolic Best Buds Bittersweet Ending Bitch in Sheep's Clothing Author Appeal Country Matters Motor Mouth Super Strength Babies Ever After Market-Based Title French Films Spiritual Successor Animal Motifs Serious Business Toilet Humour aka: Toilet Humor Karma Houdini Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas Sanity Slippage Fanservice Overly Long Gag Age Lift Based on a True Story Meaningful Name Ax-Crazy Roger Ebert: Great Movies List Big Damn Heroes Badass Grandpa The Film of the Book Spell My Name with an "S" My Beloved Smother Oh, Crap! Sudden Sequel Death Syndrome Suddenly SHOUTING! Bond Villain Stupidity Nice Job Fixing It, Villain! 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And the Adventure Continues Properly Paranoid Be Careful What You Wish For Adaptation Distillation 20 Minutes into the Future Alpha Bitch Mistaken for Gay Kubrick Stare Say My Name Hidden Depths The Hero Foreshadowing Historical-Domain Character Disney Villain Death Crazy Jealous Guy Insistent Terminology Running Gag The Lost Lenore Adaptational Attractiveness Gainax Ending Agony of the Feet Villain with Good Publicity Dark Reprise Mood Whiplash Adaptational Villainy Dutch Angle Ugly Guy, Hot Wife Fatal Flaw Antagonist Title Anguished Declaration of Love Face–Heel Turn Noodle Incident Historical Villain Upgrade Extreme Doormat Parental Neglect Nice Hat Easily Forgiven Bald of Evil Comically Missing the Point Suspiciously Similar Substitute Historical In-Joke Brother–Sister Incest Armor-Piercing Question MacGuffin Groin Attack Rule of Symbolism Disney Death Everyone Has Standards