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