Tropescilloscope: Big-Bad Ensemble

A series has more than one Big Bad, sometimes separate and sometimes at odds. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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