Tropescilloscope: Time Skip

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

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