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