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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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
HeelFace 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
MayDecember 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
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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
BrotherSister 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
FaceHeel 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