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