Tropescilloscope: Psychological Thriller

A Thriller that focuses on characters' psyches. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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