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