Tropescilloscope: You Killed My Father
Murdered family member provides the impetus for revenge. (read more at tvtropes.org)
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A God Am I
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Drowning My Sorrows
Dropped a Bridge on Him
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My Greatest Failure
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Ungrateful Bastard
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Back from the Dead
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Those Two Bad Guys
Rule of Three
No-Sell
Gone Horribly Right
Product Placement
Villainous Breakdown
Protagonist Title
Mr. Fanservice
Fake Shemp
Face Death with Dignity
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A Father to His Men
The Dog Bites Back
Real Life Writes the Plot
Rasputinian Death
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Historical In-Joke
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As Long as It Sounds Foreign
Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep"
Pretty in Mink
Suddenly SHOUTING!
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In Name Only
Big "NO!"
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Jerkass Has a Point
Kill 'em All
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Your Cheating Heart
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Henpecked Husband
Evil Is Hammy
Scary Black Man
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Tempting Fate
Broken Bird
Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right!
Monumental Damage
Light Is Not Good
Line-of-Sight Name
No Celebrities Were Harmed
Affably Evil
Only a Flesh Wound
Offscreen Moment of Awesome
I Want My Beloved to Be Happy
"Well Done, Son!" Guy
The '80s
Zombie Stories
Tap on the Head
Anti-Hero
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Love at First Sight
Sudden Sequel Death Syndrome
Gorn
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From Nobody to Nightmare
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Nice Job Breaking It, Hero!
Dirty Old Man
B-Movie
Drives Like Crazy
Setting Update
Needs Wiki Magic Love
Awesome, but Impractical
An Aesop
Nice Guy
All Girls Want Bad Boys
Due to the Dead
Pun
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MayDecember Romance
Pyrrhic Victory
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Freeze-Frame Bonus
Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane
Crapsack World
Deconstruction
Villain with Good Publicity
Retired Badass
Bittersweet Ending
Actually Pretty Funny
Hollywood Darkness
Would Hurt a Child
Noodle Incident
Dark Is Not Evil
You Have Got to Be Kidding Me!
Psychopathic Manchild
Deal with the Devil
Bullying a Dragon
Men Are the Expendable Gender
Gainax Ending
Instant Death Bullet
Award-Bait Song
Those Wacky Nazis
"Shaggy Dog" Story
Not So Stoic
Manchild
Hollywood Law
Sequel Escalation
Slasher Movie
Have a Gay Old Time
Wounded Gazelle Gambit
Sole Survivor
Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil
Card-Carrying Villain
Ironic Echo
Epic Movie
The Ace
Adult Fear
Ghost Fiction
Our Vampires Are Different
Thriller
The Ghost
Rule of Symbolism
Loads and Loads of Characters
Psycho for Hire
Tranquil Fury
Hooker with a Heart of Gold
Foil
Car Fu
Groin Attack
Take That!
Vomit Indiscretion Shot
Unwitting Instigator of Doom
The Faceless
Arranged Marriage
20 Minutes into the Future
Heroes Want Redheads
Expy
Male Frontal Nudity
A.I. Is a Crapshoot
Eldritch Abomination
Fatal Family Photo
It Can Think
The Bad Guy Wins
Artistic License Military
Last-Name Basis
Twist Ending
The '90s
Motor Mouth
Decoy Protagonist
Plot Hole
The Un-Favourite
aka: The Un Favorite
Truth in Television
Kick the Dog
Yandere
Exactly What It Says on the Tin
Dying Moment of Awesome
Evil vs. Evil
German Films
Real Life
Wham Shot
Adults Are Useless
HeelFace Turn
Historical-Domain Character
Evil Is Petty
Driven to Suicide
All Just a Dream
Fanservice Extra
Parental Abandonment
Chekhov's Gunman
Alliterative Name
Dutch Angle
Shout-Out
Punch-Clock Villain
Rule of Funny
Costume Porn
Handicapped Badass
Obfuscating Stupidity
Cool Shades
Berserk Button
Creepy Child
Black Best Friend
Outrun the Fireball
Anyone Can Die
Flipping the Bird
Male Gaze
Bad "Bad Acting"
She's Got Legs
Loophole Abuse
For Want of a Nail
Cluster F-Bomb
Superhero
Horror Doesn't Settle for Simple Tuesday
Retirony
Intrepid Reporter
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Cloudcuckoolander
Never Found the Body
Accidental Misnaming
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Love Triangle
Historical Hero Upgrade
Determinator
Shown Their Work
Market-Based Title
Bottomless Magazines
Roger Ebert: Great Movies List
Match Cut
This Is Gonna Suck
Toplessness from the Back
He Knows Too Much
Married to the Job
Race Lift
From Bad to Worse
The Reveal
The Starscream
Police Brutality
Rich Bitch
Affectionate Parody
Made of Iron
Call-Forward
Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping
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The Remake
Eye Scream
Screw This, I'm Outta Here!
One-Man Army
War Is Hell
Our Zombies Are Different
Credits Gag
Even Evil Has Standards
Animal Motifs
I Just Shot Marvin in the Face
Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy
Roaring Rampage of Revenge
Race Against the Clock
Captain Ersatz
Chekhov's Skill
Daylight Horror
Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds
Only One Name
Broken Pedestal
Mistaken for Gay
Armor-Piercing Question
Batman Gambit
Hero Antagonist
Nice Hat
Translation Convention
Romantic False Lead
Nothing Is Scarier
An Axe to Grind
Fingore
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Bowdlerise
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Jump Scare
Madness Mantra
The Load
Missing Mom
Eyepatch of Power
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Destination Defenestration
The Voiceless
Villain Ball
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Parental Substitute
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Chewing the Scenery
The '60s
Crazy Jealous Guy
Interrupted Suicide
The End... Or Is It?
Reckless Gun Usage
Recycled IN SPACE!
Earn Your Happy Ending
Jerkass
Cool Old Lady
What You Are in the Dark
The Dragon
Horror Comedy
Mugging the Monster
Artistic License Law
BFG
Hoist by His Own Petard
Not Using the "Z" Word
Hair-Trigger Temper
Neck Snap
Gilligan Cut
Evil Brit
Soundtrack Dissonance
Stealth Hi/Bye
Sassy Black Woman
Black Comedy Rape
Naked People Are Funny
She Cleans Up Nicely
Sports Stories
The '50s
Sexy Discretion Shot
The Casanova
Make It Look Like an Accident
He Who Fights Monsters
The '70s
Wretched Hive
Scenery Porn
NO INDOOR VOICE
Meaningful Background Event
Eiffel Tower Effect
Once More, with Clarity!
Took a Level in Badass
Artistic License Geography
Villain Opening Scene
Attempted Rape
Death Glare
Training Montage
Ragtag Bunch of Misfits
The X of Y
Oh, Crap!
Sealed Evil in a Can
Pragmatic Adaptation
Domestic Abuse
No Antagonist
Even Evil Has Loved Ones
Foregone Conclusion
Dull Surprise
Disney Villain Death
Camera Abuse
The Mole
The Stinger
Dirty Coward
Bunny-Ears Lawyer
Guns Akimbo
Kill It with Fire
The Mafia
Improbable Infant Survival
aka: Infant Immortality
"The Reason You Suck" Speech
Funny Background Event
Anachronic Order
Not What It Looks Like
The Alleged Car
Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass
Happily Married
Does This Remind You of Anything?
Unresolved Sexual Tension
Say My Name
Slap-Slap-Kiss
"Awesome McCool" Name
Bait-and-Switch
Wham Line
Unusual Euphemism
Not Even Bothering with the Accent
Exact Words
All There in the Manual
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Extremely Short Timespan
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I Have Your Wife
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Badass Bookworm
And the Adventure Continues
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Adapted Out
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Disappeared Dad
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Self-Deprecation
It's All About Me
Unusually Uninteresting Sight
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Undying Loyalty
As You Know
Soft Glass
The Smurfette Principle
The Hero Dies
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Eagleland
Insistent Terminology
Together in Death
Pet the Dog
Implacable Man
You Have Outlived Your Usefulness
Heel Realization
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The Cameo
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Here We Go Again!
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Not Quite Dead
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Really Gets Around
Redemption Equals Death
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Smoking Is Cool
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Riddle for the Ages
Punctuated! For! Emphasis!
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What Happened to the Mouse?
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Man on Fire
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Reality Is Unrealistic
Bury Your Gays
The Film of the Book
Large Ham
Continuity Nod
Overprotective Dad
Villain Song
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Evil Counterpart
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As Himself
And I Must Scream
Serial Killer
Totally Radical
Ax-Crazy
You Killed My Father
MacGuffin
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Beard of Evil
An Arm and a Leg
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Based on a True Story
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True Companions
The Bully
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How We Got Here
Stalker with a Crush
Meaningful Name
Screw the Rules, I Have Money!
Getting Crap Past the Radar
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Bitch in Sheep's Clothing
Sir Not-Appearing-in-This-Trailer
Re-Cut
Pimped-Out Dress
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No Good Deed Goes Unpunished
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Hell Is That Noise
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Kick the Son of a Bitch
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Trailers Always Spoil
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Children Are Innocent
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Ms. Fanservice
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Covers Always Lie
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I Did What I Had to Do
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Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas
Older Than They Look
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Worthy Opponent
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Cat Fight
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Killed Mid-Sentence
Wicked Cultured
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Big Bad
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You Have Failed Me
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Karmic Death
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Death by Sex
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Names to Run Away from Really Fast
Easily Forgiven
Alas, Poor Villain
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Why Don't You Just Shoot Him?
Amusing Injuries
Nice Job Fixing It, Villain!
Knife Nut
Stylistic Suck
Half the Man He Used to Be
Auto Erotica
Black Dude Dies First
Overly Long Gag
Gold Digger
As the Good Book Says...
Moment Killer
Spell My Name with an "S"
Bare Your Midriff
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No-Holds-Barred Beatdown
Screw the Money, I Have Rules!
Jerk with a Heart of Gold
Catapult Nightmare
Adorkable
Good Is Not Nice
Maybe Ever After
Precision F-Strike
Action Girl
Ambiguous Ending
Sir Swears-a-Lot
In Medias Res
Better to Die than Be Killed
Made of Explodium
Aww, Look! They Really Do Love Each Other
Evil Sounds Deep
The Quiet One
Suspiciously Similar Substitute
Badass Grandpa
The Dreaded
Pretty Little Headshots
Foreshadowing
Offscreen Teleportation
Establishing Character Moment
Badass in a Nice Suit
Defiant to the End
Pre-Asskicking One-Liner
Damsel in Distress
Sanity Slippage
Slasher Smile
Meaningful Echo
Big Brother Instinct
Badass Boast
Improvised Weapon
Pay Evil unto Evil
Revenge
Dwindling Party
The Brute
Developing Doomed Characters
Sci-Fi Horror
Straight Gay
One-Word Title
Everyone Has Standards
Beauty Is Never Tarnished
Your Head A-Splode
My God, What Have I Done?
All Men Are Perverts
Fish out of Water
Artistic License Physics
Taking You with Me
Smug Snake
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Antagonist Title
Dirty Cop
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Hate Sink
The Lost Lenore
Stuff Blowing Up
Naïve Newcomer
Death of a Child
Token Minority
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A Date with Rosie Palms
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Femme Fatale
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Whole Plot Reference
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Ship Tease
Unspoken Plan Guarantee
Chiaroscuro
Demonic Possession
Drugs Are Bad
Ominous Latin Chanting
Dark and Troubled Past
Victoria's Secret Compartment
Fanservice
Alpha Bitch
Shoot the Shaggy Dog
Fiery Redhead
Distracted by the Sexy
The Stoic
Empathic Environment
Only in It for the Money
The Great Depression
Storming the Castle
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Bolivian Army Ending
The Chick
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In the Back
Early Installment Weirdness
Tagline
Let's Get Dangerous!
Dark Action Girl
And Starring
Black Comedy
Random Events Plot
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Crazy-Prepared
The Sociopath
Pragmatic Villainy
Parental Neglect
No Name Given
FaceHeel Turn
Off-into-the-Distance Ending
Fourth Date Marriage
Kids Are Cruel
Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?
What the Hell, Hero?
Cool Guns
Put on a Bus
Bloodier and Gorier
Music Stories
Blatant Lies
Shell-Shocked Veteran
Call-Back
No OSHA Compliance
Film Series
Pre-Mortem One-Liner
Idiot Ball
Shipper on Deck
Well-Intentioned Extremist
Break the Haughty
Peek-a-Boo Corpse
Big Bad Duumvirate
Cassandra Truth
Would Hit a Girl
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Chekhov's Gun
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Up to Eleven
I'm a Humanitarian
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Woman in White
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Bring My Brown Pants
Red Right Hand
Author Appeal
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There Is No Kill Like Overkill
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Flashback
Rape as Drama
Homage
Evil Plan
Authority Equals Asskicking
The Power of Love
Ripped from the Headlines
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