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