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