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