Tropescilloscope: Race Lift

A character's race/ethnicity is changed in a derivative work. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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