Tropescilloscope: All Girls Want Bad Boys

A woman is attracted to a man because he's 'bad'. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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