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