Tropescilloscope: Canon Foreigner

A new character in a franchise created outside of the original Canon. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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