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