Tropescilloscope: Bad Boss

A villain who abuses his/her minions. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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