Tropescilloscope: Early Installment Weirdness

The early episodes of a series are vastly different than the later installments. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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