Tropescilloscope: Sole Survivor

The one who didn't die. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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