Tropescilloscope: Lighter and Softer

An adaptation which is much lighter in tone than its source material. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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