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