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