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