Tropescilloscope: Red Shirt

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