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