Tropescilloscope: The '50s

Set in the 1950s, righto? (read more at tvtropes.org)

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