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