Tropescilloscope: Red Shirt

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