Tropescilloscope: Flashback

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

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