Tropescilloscope: Too Dumb to Live

Life-threatening stupidity. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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