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