Tropescilloscope: Hero of Another Story

They have their own adventures, you just don't get to see them. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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