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