Tropescilloscope: Rape as Drama

Nonconsensual sex used as a serious and dramatic plot element. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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