Tropescilloscope: Jump Scare

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