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