Tropescilloscope: Too Dumb to Live

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

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