Tropescilloscope: Genre Shift

A series changes from one genre to another, either for a short period or forever. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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