Tropescilloscope: Anachronism Stew

A work set in a certain time period has elements of other time periods thrown in. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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