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