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