Tropescilloscope: Real Life

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

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