Tropescilloscope: Psycho for Hire

Loves killing and torturing people, and getting paid for it. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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