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