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