Tropescilloscope: Catapult Nightmare

Flinging right up or falling out of bed after a Nightmare Sequence. (read more at tvtropes.org)

More Tropes 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 Heel–Face 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 folderlabel 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 May–December 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 Brother–Sister 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 Face–Heel 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