Tropescilloscope: Asshole Victim

A character (usually a villain) suffers a horrific, but well deserved death or punishment. (read more at tvtropes.org)

More Tropes 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 Heel–Face 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 May–December 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 Brother–Sister 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 Face–Heel 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 folderlabel 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