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