Tropescilloscope: Sci-Fi Horror

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