Tropescilloscope: And the Adventure Continues

The Heroes' current adventure ends with the start of another. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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