Tropescilloscope: The Cavalry

Reinforcements for a last-second dramatic rescue of the heroes. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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