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