Tropescilloscope: Race Lift

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

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