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