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