Tropescilloscope: Genre Throwback

Bringing back antiquated elements in a particular genre to current works in order to appeal to nostalgia. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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