Tropescilloscope: Ascended Extra

A background or minor character becomes a major character. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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