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