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