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