Tropescilloscope: Real Life

Reality, described as a TV show or video game. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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