Tropescilloscope: Bad Boss

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

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