Tropescilloscope: Mr. Exposition

He explains the plot. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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