Tropescilloscope: Funny Background Event

A funny event that takes place in the background. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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