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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Room Full of Crazy
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Trailers Always Spoil
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Here We Go Again!
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Red Eyes, Take Warning
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Girl-on-Girl Is Hot
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Only Known by Their Nickname
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Taking You with Me
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In Name Only
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Kids Are Cruel
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Men Are the Expendable Gender
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Once More, with Clarity!
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You Killed My Father
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All There in the Script
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Freeze-Frame Bonus
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O.O.C. Is Serious Business
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Names to Run Away from Really Fast
Foil
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Batman Gambit
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Better to Die than Be Killed
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La Résistance
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Really Gets Around
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Shell-Shocked Veteran
Dissonant Serenity
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Not Quite Dead
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Only One Name
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You Have Got to Be Kidding Me!
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Our Vampires Are Different
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Blood from the Mouth
The Dreaded
Cain and Abel
Wounded Gazelle Gambit
Damsel in Distress
Humans Are Bastards
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A Minor Kidroduction
Take a Third Option
This Is Gonna Suck
Back from the Dead
One-Man Army
Captain Ersatz
Half the Man He Used to Be
Artistic License Law
Sadistic Choice
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Video Credits
All for Nothing
Butt-Monkey
Nice Guy
Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy
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Due to the Dead
Bottomless Magazines
Last-Name Basis
Not Using the "Z" Word
Laser-Guided Karma
Curb-Stomp Battle
Exact Words
Recycled IN SPACE!
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The Hero Dies
Big Applesauce
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Bound and Gagged
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Cool Old Lady
Bury Your Gays
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Earn Your Happy Ending
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There Is No Kill Like Overkill
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Rated M for Manly
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No Good Deed Goes Unpunished
Aside Glance
Word of God
Death by Irony
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My God, What Have I Done?
Bittersweet Ending
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"Well Done, Son!" Guy
Shoot the Shaggy Dog
It's All About Me
Historical In-Joke
Bowdlerise
Anguished Declaration of Love
Stepford Smiler
Playing Gertrude
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Obfuscating Stupidity
Action Survivor
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World of Ham
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Demoted to Extra
The Stoner
Defiant to the End
Scare Chord
Genre Shift
Drowning My Sorrows
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Slasher Smile
Epic Movie
Knight Templar
I'm a Humanitarian
Informed Ability
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aka: The Un Favorite
Put on a Bus
In Medias Res
Anyone Can Die
Riddle for the Ages
Distracted by the Sexy
Dirty Old Man
Very Loosely Based on a True Story
Crazy Jealous Guy
Dutch Angle
Exactly What It Says on the Tin
Breaking the Fourth Wall
Wicked Cultured
Even Evil Has Standards
Not So Different
Posthumous Character
Stalker with a Crush
Bait-and-Switch
Anachronism Stew
Meaningful Name
BFG
Wrong Genre Savvy
Immune to Bullets
Important Haircut
Suspiciously Similar Substitute
The Ace
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Apocalypse How
I Just Shot Marvin in the Face
All There in the Manual
No Ending
An Arm and a Leg
Product Placement
Super Strength
Get Out!
Soundtrack Dissonance
Chiaroscuro
Naked People Are Funny
All Girls Want Bad Boys
Manic Pixie Dream Girl
As Long as It Sounds Foreign
And I Must Scream
Sequel Hook
Antagonist Title
Well-Intentioned Extremist
Screw This, I'm Outta Here!
Overprotective Dad
Sir Not-Appearing-in-This-Trailer
Roger Ebert: Great Movies List
Token Minority
Anti-Villain
Ungrateful Bastard
Spiritual Successor
Match Cut
Covers Always Lie
Early Installment Weirdness
Took a Level in Jerkass
Anti-Hero
Fourth Date Marriage
No Antagonist
Only a Flesh Wound
Would Hurt a Child
Throwing Your Sword Always Works
Fat Bastard
Black Comedy
Your Head A-Splode
Death of a Child
Shower Scene
Punctuated! For! Emphasis!
Screw the Rules, I Have Money!
Fantasy Films
Amoral Attorney
Fainting
Sports Stories
Our Zombies Are Different
Psychopathic Manchild
Celebrity Paradox
Training Montage
Gold Digger
Took a Level in Badass
Roaring Rampage of Revenge
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Idiot Ball
Chekhov's Gun
Pimped-Out Dress
Domestic Abuse
The Big Guy
Funny Foreigner
All Just a Dream
Adaptational Badass
Science Fiction Films
Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas
Fingore
Meet Cute
Black Dude Dies First
Paper-Thin Disguise
20 Minutes into the Future
Reality Ensues
Badass Normal
Kubrick Stare
Empathic Environment
No-Holds-Barred Beatdown
Artistic License History
From Bad to Worse
Genre Savvy
NO INDOOR VOICE
Twist Ending
Scenery Porn
Reckless Gun Usage
Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass
Cassandra Truth
Stuff Blowing Up
Plot Hole
Real Life Writes the Plot
Dogged Nice Guy
One-Word Title
Big Fancy House
Armor-Piercing Question
More Dakka
Dramedy
Big "NO!"
Bare Your Midriff
Tap on the Head
Ms. Fanservice
Say My Name
Jump Scare
Creepy Child
Didn't Think This Through
Self-Deprecation
Card-Carrying Villain
Instant Death Bullet
Villain Opening Scene