Tropescilloscope: The Vamp

An irredeemably evil and completely exploitative seductress. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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An Arm and a Leg Action Genre Jump Scare Obstructive Bureaucrat The Lost Lenore Race Against the Clock Too Dumb to Live Posthumous Character Contrived Coincidence Whole Plot Reference Vitriolic Best Buds Fingore Dramedy Slap-Slap-Kiss Catch-Phrase Brother–Sister Incest Knife Nut What the Hell, Hero? Author Appeal Those Wacky Nazis Screw the Rules, I Have Money! You Have Failed Me And Starring Product Placement Love at First Sight Extreme Doormat Love Triangle All for Nothing Book-Ends Batman Gambit Bound and Gagged Red Right Hand Translation Convention Self-Deprecation Properly Paranoid A God Am I Dark Action Girl Super Strength Epic Fail Celebrity Paradox The Starscream Impaled with Extreme Prejudice Sudden Sequel Death Syndrome Have a Gay Old Time The Alcoholic Taking You with Me Bare Your Midriff "Well Done, Son!" Guy Famous Last Words Diabolus ex Machina Kill 'em All Shipper on Deck Deliberately Monochrome Random Events Plot Dramatic Gun Cock Off-into-the-Distance Ending Hoist by His Own Petard No-Holds-Barred Beatdown From Bad to Worse Curb-Stomp Battle Honor Before Reason Captain Ersatz Crapsack World The Lancer Dressing as the Enemy Fainting Badass Boast Made of Explodium Genre Shift Take a Third Option The Chick Hollywood Law Determinator aka: The Determinator The Ace The Brute Parental Abandonment Double-Meaning Title Fake Shemp Scary Black Man Vampire Fiction Card-Carrying Villain Villain Ball Conspicuous CG Storming the Castle Screw the Money, I Have Rules! Stock Footage Country Matters Abhorrent Admirer Television Movie Index Italian Films Police Brutality Fantastic Racism Suddenly SHOUTING! Flipping the Bird Black and Gray Morality Plucky Comic Relief Oh, Crap! 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Belligerent Sexual Tension Cool Shades Corpsing Nice Hat The Musical Stuff Blowing Up Betty and Veronica Colour-Coded for Your Convenience aka: Color Coded For Your Convenience Market-Based Title Costume Porn Title Drop Mythology Gag The '50s Needs Wiki Magic Love Action Survivor Greater-Scope Villain Not So Stoic Darker and Edgier Gone Horribly Right Villainous Breakdown A Father to His Men The Ditz Unreliable Narrator Soft Glass Animal Motifs Recycled IN SPACE! Vomit Discretion Shot Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane Heterosexual Life-Partners Hope Spot Evil Counterpart Mystery and Detective Films Skewed Priorities Beauty Is Never Tarnished Bond One-Liner Drives Like Crazy Downer Ending Big Bad Duumvirate This Is Gonna Suck Drowning My Sorrows Took a Level in Badass Chase Scene Exact Words World of Ham Death by Irony Nice Job Fixing It, Villain! Never My Fault Red Eyes, Take Warning Time Skip Deliberate Values Dissonance The Reveal Anti-Hero Drugs Are Bad Sliding Scale of Idealism vs. Cynicism Stylistic Suck Ascended Extra Lighter and Softer Improbable Aiming Skills The Un-Favourite aka: The Un Favorite Death by Sex Big Applesauce Unusual Euphemism Five-Man Band The End... Or Is It? Gender Flip "Where Are They Now?" Epilogue Heel–Face Turn Evil Plan Alas, Poor Villain Evil Is Petty Kick the Son of a Bitch Re-Cut Villain Opening Scene Hero of Another Story The Cavalry The Load Roger Ebert: Great Movies List Alliterative Name Implacable Man Adaptation Expansion Becoming the Mask Documentary Real Life Writes the Plot Adaptational Villainy Redemption Equals Death Small Name, Big Ego Arch-Enemy Mugging the Monster Historical In-Joke Brutal Honesty The Cameo Ass Shove Mooks Danny Peary Cult Movies List Brick Joke The Sociopath Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking Pyrrhic Victory Toilet Humour aka: Toilet Humor How We Got Here Due to the Dead Destination Defenestration Anachronism Stew Red Herring Punch-Clock Villain Not Even Bothering with the Accent Manly Tears Genre Savvy Ms. Fanservice Sequel Escalation Sci-Fi Horror Dark Is Not Evil One Steve Limit Made of Iron Fiery Redhead Not Using the "Z" Word B-Movie Beta Couple Motor Mouth Room Full of Crazy Death Glare O.O.C. Is Serious Business Girl-on-Girl Is Hot Laser-Guided Karma The '80s Abusive Parents Foil Spared by the Adaptation Horror Films Accidental Murder Gainax Ending Bavarian Fire Drill Cassandra Truth Rule of Cool Improvised Weapon The Hero Dies Dirty Old Man Reality Is Unrealistic No-Sell Male Gaze Author Avatar Parental Neglect Took a Level in Jerkass As Long as It Sounds Foreign Why Don't You Just Shoot Him? Jerk Jock Crazy-Prepared May–December Romance Lock and Load Montage Token Minority Broken Aesop The '90s Hate Sink Intergenerational Friendship Creepy Child Nice Job Breaking It, Hero! 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I'm a Humanitarian Military and Warfare Films Kids Are Cruel Based on a True Story Green-Eyed Monster Evil Sounds Deep Does This Remind You of Anything? Early-Bird Cameo Cain and Abel Getting Crap Past the Radar Shirtless Scene Fun with Acronyms Freeze-Frame Bonus Face Death with Dignity Off with His Head! Captain Obvious timeperiod I Have Your Wife Cold-Blooded Torture Only a Flesh Wound Race Lift The Mafia Instant Death Bullet Cloudcuckoolander Scare Chord Badass Longcoat Punctuated! For! Emphasis! The Quiet One Spiteful Spit The Film of the Book Get Out! Gorn The Bad Guy Wins Ax-Crazy Beard of Evil Sealed Evil in a Can Index of Film Westerns Historical Hero Upgrade Married to the Job In Medias Res Frame-Up Dirty Cop Evil Is Hammy Attempted Rape Cool Old Lady Insult Backfire Would Hit a Girl Closed Circle Wham Shot Adorkable Throwing Your Sword Always Works Karma Houdini Disappeared Dad Chewing the Scenery Scenery Gorn Hollywood Darkness Kill It with Fire Vacation Films The Un-Reveal Funny Foreigner Roaring Rampage of Revenge Tempting Fate As the Good Book Says... Fanservice The '60s Spiritual Successor I Need a Freaking Drink Fat Bastard The Stinger Romantic False Lead Drill Sergeant Nasty Papa Wolf Half the Man He Used to Be Toplessness from the Back Immune to Bullets Age Lift Deadpan Snarker Easily Forgiven Berserk Button Film Noir Index Blood from the Mouth Shut Up, Hannibal! Gilligan Cut Disproportionate Retribution Politically Incorrect Villain Adult Fear Adaptation Dye-Job Mercy Kill The Stoic Cool Car A.I. Is a Crapshoot Heel Realization Bait-and-Switch It's All About Me No Ending Interrupted Suicide Distracted by the Sexy The Remake Deus ex Machina Peek-a-Boo Corpse Break the Cutie Hypocritical Humor In the Back Malevolent Masked Men Framing Device Hair-Trigger Temper Psycho for Hire One-Man Army For the Evulz Call-Forward Kubrick Stare Broken Pedestal Department of Redundancy Department Worthy Opponent Bilingual Bonus Crucified Hero Shot Call-Back Dual Wielding And the Adventure Continues Big Damn Heroes For Want of a Nail The Faceless Freudian Excuse Cat Scare Retirony Pre-Mortem One-Liner Loophole Abuse Only One Name Bald of Evil Genre Throwback French Films Every Car Is a Pinto The Oner Police are Useless Public Domain Feature Films As Himself Action Girl Light Is Not Good Tagline As You Know Henpecked Husband Early Installment Weirdness Very Loosely Based on a True Story Adaptational Attractiveness Major Injury Underreaction NO INDOOR VOICE Manchild Sinister Minister Big Bad The Smart Guy Dramatic Irony Shout-Out I Just Shot Marvin in the Face Double Entendre Film Series Christmas Movies Index Camera Abuse Reckless Gun Usage Creative Closing Credits Superhero Eagleland Creator Cameo Blood Knight Foregone Conclusion Amoral Attorney Sir Not-Appearing-in-This-Trailer Sole Survivor Bring My Brown Pants Spell My Name with an "S" Anyone Can Die Jack Bauer Interrogation Technique Bolivian Army Ending Large Ham Pragmatic Villainy Villain Protagonist He Who Fights Monsters No Good Deed Goes Unpunished Killed Mid-Sentence Unresolved Sexual Tension Corrupt Corporate Executive The X of Y Body Horror Rule of Symbolism Affectionate Parody Bottomless Magazines Adaptation Name Change Hong Kong Films Novelization Heroic Sacrifice Funny Background Event The Big Guy The Hero Suspiciously Similar Substitute Apocalypse How Meaningful Name Sexy Discretion Shot Demoted to Extra Important Haircut The Ghost Screw This, I'm Outta Here! 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Historical-Domain Character Fate Worse than Death Artistic License – Gun Safety Expository Hairstyle Change You Have Outlived Your Usefulness Eureka Moment Russian Films Intrepid Reporter Only in It for the Money Ripped from the Headlines Rasputinian Death Only Known by Their Nickname Martial Arts Movie Refuge in Audacity Lampshade Hanging Bland-Name Product Bond Villain Stupidity Stealth Hi/Bye Pimped-Out Dress Idiot Ball Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right! Eye Scream Badass Normal Totally Radical Aside Glance Big-Bad Ensemble Bury Your Gays Epic Movie Fire-Forged Friends Bad Boss Your Cheating Heart Say My Name She Cleans Up Nicely Boom, Headshot! Gratuitous English Loads and Loads of Characters Character Development Obviously Evil Eldritch Abomination BFG Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep" Grievous Bottley Harm Protagonist Title Happily Married Pet the Dog Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold It Will Never Catch On Beware the Nice Ones Film Noir Decoy Protagonist Rule of Funny Not So Different Nothing Is Scarier Foreshadowing Did Not Get the Girl Retcon Expy Driven to Suicide Laughing Mad Flashback Enemy Mine Wicked Cultured Darkest Hour Woman in White Femme Fatale Leaning on the Fourth Wall Artistic License – History Armor-Piercing Question Chekhov's Skill Left the Background Music On Fatal Flaw Auto Erotica Sports Stories Big Eater Slasher Movie Homage The Voiceless Wrong Genre Savvy After the End Romantic Comedy Domestic Abuse Fanservice Extra Determinator Despair Event Horizon Didn't Think This Through Meaningful Echo Those Two Bad Guys Naked People Are Funny Babies Ever After Face–Heel Turn The Smurfette Principle Science Fiction Films Villain Song The Atoner Sacrificial Lion Bittersweet Ending Artistic License – Physics Wounded Gazelle Gambit Aluminum Christmas Trees Non-Indicative Name Silence Is Golden Reality Has No Subtitles Black Comedy Rape Taking the Bullet Breaking the Fourth Wall Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy Death of a Child Rousing Speech Setting Update Failed a Spot Check The Great Depression Thriller Works Set in World War II Air-Vent Passageway Playing Gertrude Reasonable Authority Figure Wretched Hive Neck Snap Serious Business The Vamp Only Sane Man And I Must Scream No Antagonist Moment Killer Evil vs. Evil Anachronic Order Dutch Angle Adaptational Heroism Never Trust a Trailer aka: Trailers Always Lie Car Fu Hypocrite Deconstruction An Aesop Even Evil Has Loved Ones In Name Only Biopic Victoria's Secret Compartment Those Two Guys Developing Doomed Characters Disguised in Drag Brainless Beauty Heroic BSoD You Killed My Father Antagonist Title I Did What I Had to Do Chiaroscuro War Is Hell Villain with Good Publicity Blatant Lies Maybe Ever After Pun aka: Incredibly Lame Pun Aww, Look! They Really Do Love Each Other Sanity Slippage You Have Got to Be Kidding Me!