Tropescilloscope: Unreliable Narrator

A narrator who may not be telling the truth. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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