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