Tropescilloscope: Twist Ending

Subversion of presupposed ending. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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