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