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