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