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