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