Tropescilloscope: Anachronic Order

The order in which the story is told is not the order in which its events took place. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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