Tropescilloscope: Affably Evil

A villain who's genuinely polite and friendly. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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Evil vs. Evil Woman Scorned A Minor Kidroduction Slap-Slap-Kiss Disproportionate Retribution Mythology Gag No Ending Damsel in Distress You Have Outlived Your Usefulness Tempting Fate Hell Is That Noise Driven to Suicide The Sociopath Bloody Hilarious Those Two Guys Re-Cut Fat Bastard Break the Cutie Politically Incorrect Villain Evil Is Hammy Adults Are Useless Hooker with a Heart of Gold The Hero Dies Mistaken for Gay Same Language Dub Brother–Sister Incest timeperiod Ambiguously Gay Scenery Porn From Bad to Worse It Will Never Catch On Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right! Shut Up, Hannibal! 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Epilogue Almost Kiss Mystery and Detective Films Freeze-Frame Bonus Ambiguous Ending Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep" Crapsack World Imagine Spot Dressing as the Enemy Expy Crucified Hero Shot Fate Worse than Death Ungrateful Bastard Sequel Escalation Attempted Rape Big Fancy House Red Herring Adaptation Expansion Back from the Dead Affectionate Parody Truth in Television Ascended Extra Arranged Marriage The Smurfette Principle The Casanova Rape as Drama Horror Comedy Deus ex Machina Sanity Slippage Roger Ebert: Great Movies List One-Word Title Artistic License – Physics Maybe Ever After Cluster F-Bomb Danny Peary Cult Movies List Chuck Cunningham Syndrome Due to the Dead Your Cheating Heart Science Fiction Films Serious Business Scenery Gorn One Steve Limit The Stinger Ominous Latin Chanting The Hero Final Girl Playing Gertrude Toilet Humour aka: Toilet Humor Recycled IN SPACE! 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Genre Throwback Vitriolic Best Buds Parental Substitute Vampire Fiction Coming-of-Age Story Call-Forward British Films Not Using the "Z" Word Chase Scene La Résistance The Ditz Bowdlerise Bad "Bad Acting" Manchild I Want My Beloved to Be Happy Anyone Can Die Psycho for Hire Calling the Old Man Out "The Reason You Suck" Speech Only Known by Their Nickname Shout-Out The Ghost Becoming the Mask Male Gaze Foil Implacable Man Instant Death Bullet Dark Reprise Expository Hairstyle Change Camp Gay Blood from the Mouth The Dog Bites Back The Chick Twist Ending Sci-Fi Horror Breaking the Fourth Wall Bald of Evil All Men Are Perverts The Reveal A God Am I Dying Moment of Awesome Suspiciously Similar Substitute Blatant Lies Catch-Phrase From Nobody to Nightmare Police Brutality It's All About Me Actor Allusion Insane Troll Logic Mighty Whitey Mad Scientist Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil Improvised Weapon Alas, Poor Villain Daddy's Girl Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane The Chessmaster Badass in a Nice Suit Defrosting Ice Queen Immune to Bullets Retirony Composite Character Bond One-Liner Yandere Love at First Sight Historical-Domain Character Dwindling Party Parental Neglect Drill Sergeant Nasty Video Credits The Atoner Meaningful Echo Shell-Shocked Veteran Ripped from the Headlines Logo Joke Car Fu Took a Level in Badass Broken Pedestal Frame-Up Translation Convention Femme Fatale Wicked Cultured Refuge in Audacity Adaptation Name Change Genre Savvy Monumental Damage Leaning on the Fourth Wall Action Genre Shipper on Deck Continuity Nod Framing Device Slasher Movie Fingore Amusing Injuries Developing Doomed Characters Casting Gag Protagonist Title Artistic License – Gun Safety What You Are in the Dark Comically Missing the Point Aww, Look! They Really Do Love Each Other As Himself Red Eyes, Take Warning Screw the Rules, I Have Money! Cool Old Guy French Films Belligerent Sexual Tension Curb-Stomp Battle Race Against the Clock Five-Man Band Rule of Symbolism Bunny-Ears Lawyer 20 Minutes into the Future Big Bad Duumvirate Fire-Forged Friends Evil-Detecting Dog Badass Normal Disguised in Drag For the Evulz Tap on the Head Let's Get Dangerous! 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Is a Crapshoot Not Even Bothering with the Accent Ironic Echo Anti-Hero Dropped a Bridge on Him She's Got Legs Made of Iron In Name Only Domestic Abuse "Shaggy Dog" Story Fan Disservice Obfuscating Stupidity Babies Ever After Cat Scare Cruel and Unusual Death Face–Heel Turn Stock Footage As Long as It Sounds Foreign Artistic License – Law Intergenerational Friendship Mooks Epic Movie Manly Tears No-Holds-Barred Beatdown Riddle for the Ages Establishing Character Moment Those Two Bad Guys Badass Boast Never Found the Body Dumb Blonde Deadpan Snarker Rule of Cool Chekhov's Gun Hope Spot Gold Digger No Name Given Self-Deprecation Animal Motifs Flashback Gory Discretion Shot No Celebrities Were Harmed Mood Whiplash Film Noir Death by Irony The Cavalry Mr. Exposition Overly Long Gag Training Montage Deconstruction Authority Equals Asskicking Not So Stoic Heel–Face Turn Public Domain Feature Films Brutal Honesty Never Trust a Trailer aka: Trailers Always Lie How We Got Here Wretched Hive Non-Indicative Name Cool Car Token Minority Ragtag Bunch of Misfits Interrupted Suicide Downer Ending Roaring Rampage of Revenge Action Survivor Pragmatic Adaptation Rasputinian Death Large Ham Impaled with Extreme Prejudice Storming the Castle The Alleged Car The Quiet One Adult Fear A Father to His Men Brick Joke Punch-Clock Villain The Mafia Would Hit a Girl Sacrificial Lion Based on a True Story Novelization Match Cut The Ace The Dragon Silence Is Golden Death by Adaptation Heterosexual Life-Partners Earn Your Happy Ending The Smart Guy Dissonant Serenity Jerkass Has a Point Taking You with Me Tagline Reckless Gun Usage He Knows Too Much Shown Their Work Outrun the Fireball Adorkable Country Matters Stalker with a Crush Psychopathic Manchild Show Within a Show Leave the Camera Running Dramedy The Stoner Fish out of Water Neck Lift Hollywood Law Pay Evil unto Evil My Greatest Failure Dirty Cop Redshirt Army Bullying a Dragon Bittersweet Ending Guns Akimbo Man on Fire Red Right Hand The Alcoholic Funny Background Event Card-Carrying Villain The '60s Cool Guns Shirtless Scene Improbable Infant Survival aka: Infant Immortality Knife Nut Laser-Guided Karma Evil Plan Black and Gray Morality Arch-Enemy Facial Horror Kill It with Fire Genre Shift Make It Look Like an Accident An Arm and a Leg Credits Gag Kill 'em All Villain Protagonist Super Strength The Power of Love Bland-Name Product Evil Sounds Deep Plot Hole Didn't Think This Through Never Trust a Trailer Psychological Thriller Historical Villain Upgrade Naked People Are Funny Soft Glass