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