Tropescilloscope: Random Events Plot

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