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