Tropescilloscope: As You Know

Character explains the plot to people who already know it so the audience can hear it. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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