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