Tropescilloscope: Too Dumb to Live

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

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