Tropescilloscope: Woman in White

She's always important if she dresses entirely in white. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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You Have Outlived Your Usefulness Left the Background Music On Not So Different Interrupted Suicide Truth in Television Dying Moment of Awesome Catapult Nightmare Soundtrack Dissonance Politically Incorrect Villain A Minor Kidroduction Pretty in Mink Rasputinian Death Those Two Bad Guys Hypocritical Humor Running Gag Film Noir Index Roaring Rampage of Revenge Black Dude Dies First Retcon Big "NO!" Intergenerational Friendship Pun aka: Incredibly Lame Pun Big-Bad Ensemble Straight Gay Femme Fatale Happily Married Country Matters Big Bad Duumvirate Names to Run Away from Really Fast Adapted Out Would Hurt a Child Karmic Death Bunny-Ears Lawyer Shut Up, Hannibal! Refuge in Audacity Serious Business Take That! Scenery Porn Kick the Son of a Bitch Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas Double-Meaning Title The '70s Historical In-Joke The Ghost Death by Adaptation Bowdlerise Red Right Hand I Have Your Wife Stealth Pun Even Evil Has Loved Ones Captain Obvious Not Quite Dead Take a Third Option Action Survivor Punch-Clock Villain Evil Plan The '80s Love Triangle The Film of the Book Evil-Detecting Dog Word of God Say My Name Undying Loyalty Black Best Friend Bring My Brown Pants Agony of the Feet Authority Equals Asskicking Adult Fear Hollywood Darkness Rape as Drama Determinator Break the Cutie No OSHA Compliance All There in the Manual Our Vampires Are Different Defrosting Ice Queen Manipulative Bastard Title Drop Arranged Marriage Cloudcuckoolander Establishing Character Moment Air-Vent Passageway Red Herring Not Even Bothering with the Accent Motor Mouth The Reveal Evil vs. Evil Dressing as the Enemy Line-of-Sight Name Daddy's Girl Mr. Exposition Artistic License – Geography Random Events Plot Martial Arts Movie Shown Their Work Spanner in the Works Hero Antagonist Chiaroscuro Zombie Stories Punny Name Chewing the Scenery Evil Is Hammy Insistent Terminology Moment Killer From Nobody to Nightmare Beauty Is Never Tarnished Manly Tears Vomit Indiscretion Shot Recycled IN SPACE! Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping Jerkass Has a Point Red Oni, Blue Oni Mundane Made Awesome A Father to His Men Silent Movie You Have Got to Be Kidding Me! Really Gets Around Jerk with a Heart of Gold Artistic License – Military Arc Words Those Two Guys Crazy Jealous Guy Adaptational Heroism Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane Impaled with Extreme Prejudice Japanese Films Anachronism Stew The Smurfette Principle Roger Ebert: Great Movies List Paper-Thin Disguise Downer Ending Papa Wolf Dissonant Serenity Canon Foreigner Public Domain Feature Films "Shaggy Dog" Story Butt-Monkey Fish out of Water Bare Your Midriff Fingore Faux Affably Evil Victoria's Secret Compartment Wham Line Genre Throwback Screw This, I'm Outta Here! 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They Really Do Love Each Other Bland-Name Product Face Death with Dignity Almost Kiss A Date with Rosie Palms Big Fancy House "Well Done, Son!" Guy Disney Villain Death Batman Gambit Mooks Sassy Black Woman Woman Scorned Aluminum Christmas Trees Decoy Protagonist Advertised Extra "Where Are They Now?" 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