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