Tropescilloscope: Never Trust a Trailer aka: Trailers Always Lie

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