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