Tropescilloscope: Laser-Guided Karma

When bad things happen to bad people at opportune times. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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