Tropescilloscope: Translation Convention

The characters speak in a foreign language, but the audience hears it in their own language for their benefit. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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