Tropescilloscope: Aside Glance

Fictional characters looking at the Fourth Wall. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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