Tropescilloscope: Reality Ensues

When characters find out Real Life doesn't work That Way. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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