Tropescilloscope: Star-Crossed Lovers

Lovers doomed to be kept apart. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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