Tropescilloscope: The Vamp

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

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No Celebrities Were Harmed Christmas Movies Index Actually Pretty Funny Mighty Whitey Evil Is Hammy Camp Gay Idiot Ball Dirty Coward Eldritch Abomination Defrosting Ice Queen Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy Betty and Veronica Arranged Marriage Rousing Speech Dwindling Party Ripped from the Headlines Big Brother Instinct Demoted to Extra Mr. Fanservice Bring My Brown Pants Dies Wide Open Darker and Edgier Fake Shemp Police Brutality Guile Hero Hooker with a Heart of Gold The Atoner A Minor Kidroduction Character Development Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold Darkest Hour Hell Is That Noise Last-Name Basis Big-Bad Ensemble Catch-Phrase Adaptational Badass Back from the Dead Based on a True Story The Stoner What the Hell, Hero? 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Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping Spiritual Successor Villain Opening Scene Expository Hairstyle Change Why Did It Have to Be Snakes? 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Leitmotif Killed Mid-Sentence Fire-Forged Friends Heel Realization Hidden Depths Skewed Priorities Romantic Comedy Book-Ends Pretty in Mink Central Theme Not What It Looks Like Serious Business Badass Boast In Name Only Enemy Mine Chuck Cunningham Syndrome Deconstruction Evil Plan Extreme Doormat Bald of Evil Face–Heel Turn Horror Doesn't Settle for Simple Tuesday Conspicuous CG "Shaggy Dog" Story Spanner in the Works Blackmail The Mole The Alleged Car In the Back Eureka Moment Kick the Son of a Bitch Chekhov's Gun Death of a Child Manipulative Bastard Rule of Symbolism Body Horror Badass in a Nice Suit Bond Villain Stupidity Horror Comedy Chekhov's Skill Jerkass Flashback After the End As Long as It Sounds Foreign One-Word Title Dropped a Bridge on Him The Sociopath The Lost Lenore Hypocritical Humor Rape as Drama Anti-Hero Pre-Mortem One-Liner All Men Are Perverts Gratuitous English The Un-Reveal Does This Remind You of Anything? The Cavalry One Steve Limit Take That! 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