Tropescilloscope: Star-Crossed Lovers

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

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