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