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