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