Tropescilloscope: Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane

Ambiguously supernatural occurrings. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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