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