Tropescilloscope: Bald of Evil

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