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