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