Tropescilloscope: Adaptation Expansion

Adding stuff to the adaptation to take up more time or otherwise complexify. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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