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