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