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