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