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