Tropescilloscope: The Ghost

Mentioned but never seen character. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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