Tropescilloscope: Redemption Equals Death

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

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