Tropescilloscope: Award-Bait Song

That epic, sappy song in a movie that wins all the acclaim. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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