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