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