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