Tropescilloscope: Time Skip

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

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