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