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