Tropescilloscope: Unwitting Instigator of Doom

The meager actions of this character have caused a significant disaster. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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Henpecked Husband Never Trust a Trailer aka: Trailers Always Lie Affectionate Parody Breaking the Fourth Wall Running Gag Asshole Victim Badass Boast Maybe Ever After Sacrificial Lion Alliterative Name Made of Explodium Vomit Indiscretion Shot Large Ham Curse Cut Short Informed Ability Take a Third Option Scary Black Man The Stoic The Big Guy Attempted Rape Rewatch Bonus Pay Evil unto Evil The Smart Guy Fatal Family Photo Central Theme The Smurfette Principle Fainting Determinator Wham Shot Damsel in Distress Novelization Failed a Spot Check Once More, with Clarity! Defiant to the End Beauty Is Never Tarnished Villain with Good Publicity Fatal Flaw Revenge The Oner Cruel and Unusual Death Eldritch Abomination Unreliable Narrator Fingore Domestic Abuse Nice Hat Historical-Domain Character Dark Action Girl War Is Hell I'm a Humanitarian In Name Only Aluminum Christmas Trees Why Did It Have to Be Snakes? 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Bloodier and Gorier Five-Man Band Dying Moment of Awesome A Father to His Men Deliberate Values Dissonance Cat Fight Toplessness from the Back Getting Crap Past the Radar Broken Bird What You Are in the Dark Reasonable Authority Figure Evil Plan Crapsack World Every Car Is a Pinto Immune to Bullets Easily Forgiven Big Bad Cool Old Guy Neck Snap Peek-a-Boo Corpse Pragmatic Adaptation Knife Nut Japanese Films Creative Closing Credits Funny Background Event Homage Insane Troll Logic Documentary Irony Author Appeal Pyrrhic Victory You Have Outlived Your Usefulness Faking the Dead How We Got Here Annoying Younger Sibling Ms. Fanservice Does Not Like Shoes Batman Gambit Punch-Clock Villain Love Triangle Fiery Redhead Exactly What It Says on the Tin Our Vampires Are Different Dumb Blonde Wham Line Off-into-the-Distance Ending Scenery Gorn Jerk with a Heart of Gold The Vamp Sinister Minister Vitriolic Best Buds Superhero Whole Plot Reference Brutal Honesty Jitter Cam Chekhov's Skill "Shaggy Dog" Story Meaningful Background Event Awesome, but Impractical Foreshadowing The Film of the Book Gorn Sir Swears-a-Lot Artistic License – Law La Résistance Everyone Has Standards Sudden Sequel Death Syndrome Guile Hero Double Entendre Obviously Evil Back from the Dead The Bully Hero Antagonist Animal Title Index Villain Song Despair Event Horizon For the Evulz Parental Neglect Anyone Can Die Death Seeker Last-Name Basis Black Dude Dies First Sequel Escalation Shell-Shocked Veteran Did Not Get the Girl "Well Done, Son!" 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Is Serious Business Chewing the Scenery Hong Kong Films The Ghost Leave the Camera Running Canon Foreigner Deal with the Devil The Lost Lenore Adapted Out Arch-Enemy Slashed Throat Captain Ersatz Improbable Weapon User '80s Hair Eye Scream Cassandra Truth Humiliation Conga Rasputinian Death Beware the Nice Ones Butt-Monkey Bond One-Liner Sole Survivor Adaptational Attractiveness As You Know Would Hurt a Child Smug Snake Villain Opening Scene Enemy Mine Canadian Movies Names to Run Away from Really Fast Race Against the Clock Stealth Pun Mr. Fanservice Face Death with Dignity Suddenly SHOUTING! 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True Companions Artistic License – History Aww, Look! 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