Tropescilloscope: Poor Communication Kills

Characters do not communicate with each other when needed, causing problems. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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