Tropescilloscope: The Un-Reveal

All is set up for The Reveal - and it never happens. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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