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