Tropescilloscope: Redemption Equals Death

Heel–Face Turn followed by death. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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Why Don't You Just Shoot Him? 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Is a Crapshoot Henpecked Husband Military and Warfare Films Stalker with a Crush Unusual Euphemism Fat Bastard Black and Gray Morality Not So Stoic Shipper on Deck Based on a True Story Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking Suspiciously Specific Denial Car Fu Woman Scorned Epic Fail Foregone Conclusion Composite Character Action Girl Hidden Depths Needs Wiki Magic Love Loophole Abuse Even Evil Has Loved Ones Dramatic Gun Cock Deadpan Snarker Gender Flip How We Got Here Pre-Asskicking One-Liner Alpha Bitch Kick the Son of a Bitch May–December Romance Catch-Phrase MacGuffin Training Montage Put on a Bus Evil Is Petty Skewed Priorities Punctuated! For! Emphasis! I Need a Freaking Drink Villain Song Fire-Forged Friends Meet Cute Disney Villain Death Air-Vent Passageway Face–Heel Turn Would Hurt a Child Disproportionate Retribution Pretty in Mink Film Noir Death by Adaptation Darkest Hour From Nobody to Nightmare Music Stories Product Placement Random Events Plot Broken Pedestal Corpsing Adults Are Useless She's Got Legs Adaptation Dye-Job Credits Gag The Hero Dies Toplessness from the Back Punny Name The Film of the Book Tempting Fate Reckless Gun Usage Chuck Cunningham Syndrome Smug Snake Annoying Younger Sibling Bolivian Army Ending Dirty Old Man Cowboy Cop Evil Brit Knight Templar Star-Crossed Lovers Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy Rule of Cool Fan Disservice Morality Pet Beware the Nice Ones "Awesome McCool" Name Hollywood Darkness Accidental Murder Canon Foreigner Make It Look Like an Accident Honor Before Reason Freudian Excuse Death by Irony Real Life Television Movie Index Male Gaze Boom, Headshot! 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