Tropescilloscope: Eldritch Abomination

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

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