Tropescilloscope: Irony

An outcome of events contrary to what was, or might have been, expected. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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