Tropescilloscope: The Reveal

The big dramatic plot twist or revelation. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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