Tropescilloscope: Awesome, but Impractical

Even though it can do something really cool, it has so many drawbacks that it's rarely used. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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