Tropescilloscope: And the Adventure Continues
The Heroes' current adventure ends with the start of another. (read more at tvtropes.org)
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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
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Disappeared Dad
Fire-Forged Friends
Rule of Three
BrotherSister Incest
Historical In-Joke
Our Vampires Are Different
Chase Scene
Canadian Movies
Love at First Sight
Poor Communication Kills
Fourth Date Marriage
Meet Cute
HeelFace 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
FaceHeel 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
MayDecember 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