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