Tropescilloscope: Coming-of-Age Story

Main character matures into adulthood throughout story. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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