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