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