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