Tropescilloscope: Darkest Hour

The point in the story when all hope seems lost. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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