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)

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