An index over scene tropes, both those describing the contents of scenes and what actually happens in them, and those used to organise, separate, and manage scenes (metascenes). Fanservice scenes are also sorted separately.
Compare Episodes and Montages.
Common scenes
- Accidental Dance Craze
- Action Film, Quiet Drama Scene
- Action Prologue
- After-Action Healing Drama
- After-Action Patch-Up
- Batman Cold Open
- Bedmate Reveal
- Bedroom Adultery Scene: Someone walks in on their partner having sex with someone else.
- Bonfire Dance
- Bullet Dancing
- Caught on the Jumbotron
- Caught Singing
- Caught with Your Pants Down: Someone is walked in on while masturbating.
- Chair Reveal
- Chaos While They're Not Looking
- Chase Scene
- Comedic Work, Serious Scene
- Creation Sequence: A montage of something being created.
- Crowded-Cast Shot
- Crowd Song
- Dance Line
- Dance of Romance
- Dance Party Ending: At the end of the work, everyone dances and has fun.
- Dancing on a Bus: Singing and dancing atop a (moving) vehicle.
- Death Trap Tango
- Dinner and a Show
- The Eleven O'Clock Number
- Establishing Character Moment
- Establishing Team Shot
- "Everyone Comes Back" Fantasy Party Ending
- Fancy Dinner
- Fight Scene: Combat between characters.
- Flight of Romance
- Forging Scene: A montage of a smith forging something.
- Grand Inquisitor Scene
- Grave-Marking Scene
- Hanging by the Fingers
- Hospital Gurney Scene
- Interrupted Intimacy
- "King Kong" Climb
- Liar Revealed
- Mercy Kill
- Mexican Standoff
- Non-Violent Initial Confrontation
- Nude Nature Dance
- Odessa Steps
- Old Flame Fizzle
- One Scene, Two Monologues
- Optional Character Scene
- Overdramatic Dating Commotion
- Parents Walk In at the Worst Time
- Plot-Inciting Infidelity
- Primal Scene: A child walks in on adults having sex.
- Rain Dance
- Random Smoking Scene
- Reaction Shot
- Recovery Sequence
- Reestablishing Character Moment
- Releasing from the Promise
- Romantic Ride Sharing
- The Reveal
- Scenery Porn
- Sealed with a Kiss
- Serious Work, Comedic Scene: A funny scene in an otherwise serious work.
- Shamed by a Mob
- Shaming the Mob
- Shower of Awkward
- Sorry to Interrupt
- Spontaneous Choreography
- Sudden Musical Ending
- Sudden Principled Stand
- Synchronized Morning Routine: Two or more characters' Morning Routines are shown mirrored in the same scene.
- Two Scenes, One Dialogue
- Villain Opening Scene
- War Crime Subverts Heroism
- Wham Line
- Wham Shot
- "With Our Swords" Scene
Fanservice scenes
- Bathtub Scene
- Furo Scene
- Lingerie Scene
- Pool Scene
- Public Bathhouse Scene
- Shirtless Scene
- Shower Scene
- Wet Sari Scene
Metascenes
- Big-Lipped Alligator Moment: An inexplicably absurd scene.
- Cut Scene: A scene that was left out of the final work.
- Deleted Role
- Deleted Scene
- Disney Acid Sequence
- Episode Discussion Scene
- Live-Action Cutscene
- Meanwhile Scene
- Pre-Rendered Graphics
- Scene Transition
- Shot-for-Shot Remake
- Signature Scene
- The Stinger: A scene after the credits.