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