Tropescilloscope: Woman Scorned

Do her wrong, and you will know Hell. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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