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