Tropescilloscope: Does This Remind You of Anything?

Something is suggestive of something else other than what it actually is. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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