A ray of sunshine: The title reaction sequence using ethyl 2‐(3,4‐dihydroisoquinolin‐2(1H)‐yl)acetates with a series of electron‐deficient alkenes and alkynes provides rapid and efficient access to pyrrolo[2,1‐a]isoquinolines (see scheme; bpy=2,2′‐bipyridine, EWG=electron‐withdrawing group). The reaction offers a strategically new protocol for the direct and efficient construction of the core structure