Tropescilloscope: Artistic License – Physics

The creator of a work of fiction plays with the basic laws of physics in order to make the story work better. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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