Tropescilloscope: Amoral Attorney

He's an evil lawyer, and that's no joke. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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