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