Tropescilloscope: Ship Tease

Teasing the fandom with some Will They or Won't They subtext. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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