Tropescilloscope: Irony

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

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