Tropescilloscope: Femme Fatale

A sultry, highly attractive, but rather manipulative woman. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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