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