Tropescilloscope: Flashback

The characters' reminiscence of past events are relayed to the audience through another scene. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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