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