Tropescilloscope: Time Skip

Time advances to bring forth a new story after the old one ends. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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