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