Tropescilloscope: Foregone Conclusion

The audience knows how the story ends before it begins. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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