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