Tropescilloscope: Posthumous Character

This character is dead, but still somehow part of the story. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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