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