Tropescilloscope: Eldritch Abomination

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

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