Tropescilloscope: You Have Outlived Your Usefulness

An associate of the villain no longer has any role in the villain's plan and is killed. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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Anachronism Stew Novelization Early-Bird Cameo Took a Level in Jerkass Does Not Like Shoes Ominous Latin Chanting Naïve Newcomer Adaptational Badass Psychological Thriller Translation Convention Hero Antagonist Soundtrack Dissonance Poor Communication Kills Off-into-the-Distance Ending Redshirt Army Face–Heel Turn Cool Guns In the Back Batman Gambit Animal Motifs Stealth Hi/Bye Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right! Bloodier and Gorier Bait-and-Switch Beta Couple The Stoic Gone Horribly Right Author Avatar Deus ex Machina Good Is Not Nice Rule of Symbolism In Name Only Immune to Bullets Straight Gay Decoy Protagonist Almost Kiss Chekhov's Gunman Star-Crossed Lovers Continuity Nod Central Theme Funny Background Event The Sociopath Vampire Fiction Blonde, Brunette, Redhead Badass Grandpa Properly Paranoid Be Careful What You Wish For Auto Erotica What the Hell, Hero? Your Head A-Splode Title Drop Kids Are Cruel Cool Shades Jerk Jock Leave the Camera Running Really Gets Around The Bully Amusing Injuries Babies Ever After Cool Old Guy All Men Are Perverts Unusual Euphemism A.I. Is a Crapshoot Villain Song Bloody Hilarious Pay Evil unto Evil O.O.C. Is Serious Business Word of God Storming the Castle Everyone Has Standards Villain Protagonist Obfuscating Stupidity No Antagonist Hollywood Darkness "Well Done, Son!" Guy Papa Wolf Red Right Hand Anti-Hero Running Gag Took a Level in Badass Pretty in Mink Chekhov's Skill Punch-Clock Villain Only One Name Eldritch Abomination Product Placement The Oner Reality Is Unrealistic Interrupted Suicide Serial Killer Ironic Echo Pragmatic Adaptation Mystery and Detective Films Tranquil Fury Bowdlerise Corrupt Corporate Executive Not So Different The Stoner Adaptation Dye-Job Enemy Mine Hong Kong Films The Un-Reveal You Have Failed Me Cloudcuckoolander The End... Or Is It? 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Deliberate Values Dissonance Index of Film Westerns Downer Ending Big Brother Instinct Artistic License – History Retirony Real Life Writes the Plot French Films Authority Equals Asskicking Annoying Younger Sibling Exact Words Aww, Look! They Really Do Love Each Other Back from the Dead Extreme Doormat The Dreaded As the Good Book Says... Captain Ersatz Bond Villain Stupidity Insane Troll Logic Disguised in Drag Earn Your Happy Ending Training Montage Evil vs. Evil Artistic License – Military Stylistic Suck Works Set in World War II Room Full of Crazy Death Glare Adult Fear Crazy Jealous Guy Too Dumb to Live Kill It with Fire Maybe Ever After Beard of Evil Fate Worse than Death Only Sane Man Jerk with a Heart of Gold Punny Name Line-of-Sight Name Adorkable I Just Shot Marvin in the Face Does This Remind You of Anything? 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Gold Digger Flipping the Bird Adaptation Expansion Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy The Dragon Blood Knight Plucky Comic Relief Big-Bad Ensemble Didn't Think This Through Noodle Incident The Atoner Pragmatic Villainy Sacrificial Lion Lock and Load Montage Psycho for Hire The Cavalry Dual Wielding Stalker with a Crush Foil NO INDOOR VOICE Made of Explodium Fanservice BFG Ax-Crazy Smoking Is Cool Adaptation Distillation Bald of Evil Double-Meaning Title Breaking the Fourth Wall Freeze-Frame Bonus Bittersweet Ending Unreliable Narrator Expy Abusive Parents Cain and Abel The Mafia Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas Extremely Short Timespan Police Brutality The Mole Not What It Looks Like Market-Based Title Adaptational Attractiveness Drives Like Crazy Dumb Blonde Older Than They Look Precision F-Strike Composite Character Not So Above It All Betty and Veronica Heroes Want Redheads Heterosexual Life-Partners Overly Long Gag Shout-Out Rasputinian Death Disappeared Dad Animated Credits Opening Last-Name Basis Red Eyes, Take Warning Attempted Rape Rule of Funny Hair-Trigger Temper Evil Plan The Lancer Bury Your Gays Chase Scene Green-Eyed Monster Woman Scorned Action Survivor N-Word Privileges All There in the Manual Abhorrent Admirer Dirty Old Man "Shaggy Dog" Story Celebrity Paradox Television Movie Index Chiaroscuro Redemption Equals Death Conspicuous CG Rule of Cool Offscreen Teleportation Famous Last Words The Bad Guy Wins It's Personal Fake Shemp Apocalypse How Evil Sounds Deep Cool Car Genre Throwback Death by Irony The Place Catch-Phrase Lampshade Hanging Heel–Face Turn Toilet Humour aka: Toilet Humor Hope Spot Not Using the "Z" Word Boom, Headshot! Creator Cameo Award-Bait Song Intergenerational Friendship Narrator "The Reason You Suck" Speech Children Are Innocent Book-Ends Make It Look Like an Accident Those Two Bad Guys Anti-Villain Nice Guy Pre-Asskicking One-Liner Slasher Movie Alpha Bitch Vitriolic Best Buds "Where Are They Now?" Epilogue Lighter and Softer Never Trust a Trailer aka: Trailers Always Lie Wham Shot Jerkass Has a Point Film Noir Ambiguous Disorder Shipper on Deck Non-Indicative Name Dark Reprise World of Ham Twist Ending Victoria's Secret Compartment Action Prologue Cruel and Unusual Death Eyepatch of Power No Celebrities Were Harmed Genre Savvy Character Development The Dog Bites Back Evil Counterpart Thriller Dull Surprise Rewatch Bonus Morality Pet Homage Contrived Coincidence Bolivian Army Ending Mighty Whitey Outrun the Fireball Suddenly SHOUTING! 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Manic Pixie Dream Girl Mistaken for Gay Daylight Horror Suspiciously Specific Denial Failed a Spot Check Film Noir Index It's All About Me Hero of Another Story Grievous Bottley Harm Canon Foreigner Chekhov's Gun Paper-Thin Disguise Brutal Honesty Tap on the Head Final Girl Did Not Get the Girl The Cameo The '90s Dying Moment of Awesome Broken Aesop Ghost Fiction Blatant Lies Due to the Dead Alas, Poor Villain Creepy Child Improvised Weapon Throwing Your Sword Always Works Creative Closing Credits Sliding Scale of Idealism vs. Cynicism Monumental Damage Hell Is That Noise Historical Villain Upgrade Retcon Dirty Cop Gratuitous English Depraved Bisexual Pet the Dog Evil-Detecting Dog Armor-Piercing Question Neck Snap Wicked Cultured Call-Forward Match Cut Bound and Gagged Mr. Exposition Blood from the Mouth Break the Cutie Shell-Shocked Veteran Insistent Terminology The Smart Guy Corpsing Kick the Dog Manly Tears Silent Movie Genre Shift Visual Pun Nice Job Breaking It, Hero! Our Zombies Are Different Ungrateful Bastard Self-Deprecation Grey and Gray Morality Accidental Misnaming Horror Comedy Comically Missing the Point The Chessmaster Jitter Cam Kill 'em All Artistic License – Law Dark Is Not Evil Scenery Porn Black Comedy My God, What Have I Done? Mooks Department of Redundancy Department Captain Obvious Male Gaze Fan Disservice Despair Event Horizon Anachronic Order Here We Go Again! 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