Tropescilloscope: The '60s

Like, set in the 1960s, maaan. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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