Tropescilloscope: 20 Minutes into the Future

The near future is just like The Present Day, but with Applied Phlebotinum, and maybe some big social changes. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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