Tropescilloscope: Bald of Evil

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