Tropescilloscope: Gilligan Cut

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