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