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