Tropescilloscope: Coming-of-Age Story

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

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