Tropescilloscope: Eldritch Abomination

A monster that is surreal and incomprehensible in nature. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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