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