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