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