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