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