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