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