Tropescilloscope: Dark Reprise

An upbeat song is reprised darkly. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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