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