Tropescilloscope: Retcon

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