Tropescilloscope: Race Against the Clock

The heroes have do something to stop the countdown, or else the consequences will be catastrophic. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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