"When will you learn?! when will you learn?! that your actions have consequences!"
Consequences. Where would we be without consequences? Here is an index of tropes dealing with aftermaths, end results, and repercussions.
- Attack on One Is an Attack on All: If you attack one member of a group, the others will retaliate fiercely.
- Babies Ever After: The story ends with the main characters having children.
- Be Careful What You Wish For: Someone makes a wish. Once the wish is granted, the person learns the hard way that their desire has its downsides.
- Belated Child Discipline: A Spoiled Brat has spent most of their lives being shielded from the consequences of their actions by their caregivers. Not anymore.
- But Not Too Challenging: A character who seeks a challenge gets upset when they lose, despite the fact that the possibility of failure is an inherent part of a challenge.
- Can't Get Away with Nuthin': Every time you try to break the rules, you'll immediately suffer the consequences.
- Consequence Combo
- Disproportionate Retribution: A slight is retaliated with methods that are harsh in comparison to how bad the offense truly was.
- Don't Celebrate Just Yet
- Dramatic Irony: The characters are unaware of something the audience knows and therefore can't avoid the consequences of acting on their lack of knowledge.
- Earn Your Happy Ending: A character doesn't get a happy ending until after they endure a lot of suffering.
- Guilt by Association Gag
- Hilarity Ensues and all its relatives
- Humiliation Conga: The bad guy gets punished by being subjected to a string of humiliating misfortunes.
- I Will Punish Your Friend for Your Failure: A common method to make people behave and force them to do whatever is desired.
- Karma Houdini: A character does something bad and avoids punishment for their actions.
- Karma Houdini Warranty: Someone gets away with their misdeeds at first, but eventually gets punished for their actions when karma finally catches up to them.
- Karmic Butt-Monkey: The Butt-Monkey suffers because of karma as a consequence for their actions.
- Karmic Injury: A character is injured in a manner identical or similar to injuries they have inflicted on someone else.
- Karmic Misfire: Circumstances result in a guilty person getting off scot-free and an innocent person receiving undeserved punishment.
- Karmic Nod: A character accepts that they deserve their comeuppance.
- Laser-Guided Karma: Someone immediately faces repercussions for doing something bad.
- Misplaced Retribution: Reacting to a slight by punishing the wrong people.
- Neutrality Backlash: If you don't pick a side, both sides will attack you.
- No Good Deed Goes Unpunished
- Overcome with Desire: Carelessness in lovemaking leads to unwanted repercussions.
- Punished for Sympathy: Someone gets punished for showing sympathy for a person who doesn't deserve it.
- Rape and Revenge: A rapist faces consequences from his victim or their loved ones.
- Roaring Rampage of Rescue: A loved one being taken incurs a violent rampage.
- Roaring Rampage of Revenge
- Self-Punishment Over Failure: Someone punishes themselves for a failure.
- Space Whale Aesop: Demonstrating why something is wrong by showing highly improbable consequences.
- Threaten All to Find One: A confession is demanded from a group, often with threats of consequences if nobody owns up.
- Tiger by the Tail
- Unintentionally Karmic: This Nice Guy character delivers karma without intending to, through ill-fated efforts of friendship and Unwanted Assistance to the bad guys.
- Video Game Cruelty Punishment: Try to do something mean in a video game and the game will punish you for it.
- "Where Are They Now?" Epilogue: The story ends by explaining what happened to everyone after the events of the story.
- You Have Failed Me: When mooks fail to do as the villain orders or tasks them to, they get punished with the death penalty or something either equally as bad or worse.
