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