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