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