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