Tropescilloscope: Flashback

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

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