Tropescilloscope: Retcon

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