Tropescilloscope: Show Within a Show

A program that the characters in-universe are watching. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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