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