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