Tropescilloscope: Leitmotif

Something/someone's theme music. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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