Tropescilloscope: Never Trust a Trailer aka: Trailers Always Lie

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