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