Tropescilloscope: Black Comedy

Serious and horrible things Played for Laughs. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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