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