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