Tropescilloscope: Early Installment Weirdness

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

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