Tropescilloscope: Big Bad Duumvirate

Two or more main villains working together. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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