Tropescilloscope: Bad Boss

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

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