Tropescilloscope: The Un-Reveal
All is set up for The Reveal - and it never happens. (read more at tvtropes.org)
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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
MayDecember 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
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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?
BrotherSister 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
HeelFace 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
FaceHeel 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