Tropescilloscope: Beta Couple

A secondary Official Couple that serves as a companion to the "main" couple. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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