Tropescilloscope: Corrupt Corporate Executive

A villain who runs a corporation. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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They Really Do Love Each Other Gainax Ending Death by Sex Major Injury Underreaction Those Two Bad Guys Disappeared Dad Ghost Fiction Bitch in Sheep's Clothing Cat Scare The '50s Brainless Beauty Reasonable Authority Figure Ungrateful Bastard Mercy Kill Grey and Gray Morality Fainting Only Sane Man Camera Abuse Bavarian Fire Drill Self-Deprecation The Stoner In the Back Everyone Has Standards Roger Ebert: Great Movies List Bolivian Army Ending Film Series Darker and Edgier Poor Communication Kills Big Bad Tranquil Fury Diabolus ex Machina Plot Hole Animated Credits Opening Framing Device Cool Car Jack Bauer Interrogation Technique Shower Scene Early-Bird Cameo Time Skip "Well Done, Son!" Guy Double Entendre Bare Your Midriff Abusive Parents Insane Troll Logic Spared by the Adaptation Adapted Out Genre Throwback Scenery Porn The Hero Dies The Lost Lenore folderlabel Only Known by Their Nickname Overprotective Dad Extremely Short Timespan Arranged Marriage Due to the Dead I'm a Humanitarian Bar Brawl Pun aka: Incredibly Lame Pun The Bad Guy Wins Super Strength He Who Fights Monsters Closed Circle Berserk Button Cassandra Truth Psychological Thriller Foregone Conclusion The Ditz Ambiguous Ending Sir Not-Appearing-in-This-Trailer Worthy Opponent Jerk Jock The End... Or Is It? Pragmatic Adaptation Silence Is Golden Nice Job Breaking It, Hero! 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Epilogue The Musical Big Fancy House Heroes Want Redheads Flipping the Bird Vitriolic Best Buds Manchild Leave the Camera Running In Medias Res Idiot Ball The Chessmaster Sci-Fi Horror Gender Flip Loads and Loads of Characters Gorn Big Eater Fan Disservice Award-Bait Song Flashback Stalker with a Crush Awesome, but Impractical Death Glare Artistic License – Biology Greater-Scope Villain Deus ex Machina Mystery and Detective Films Fanservice Artistic License – History Bury Your Gays Face Death with Dignity Calling the Old Man Out The Un-Favourite aka: The Un Favorite Horror Comedy Music Stories Sole Survivor Eyepatch of Power A Father to His Men Dual Wielding Horror Doesn't Settle for Simple Tuesday Downer Ending Ugly Guy, Hot Wife Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy Up to Eleven Didn't Think This Through Chase Scene Dull Surprise My Greatest Failure Funny Background Event Sassy Black Woman Large Ham Alliterative Name Unreliable Narrator Belligerent Sexual Tension The Smart Guy Dutch Angle Action Girl Black Comedy Rape Epic Movie Easily Forgiven Papa Wolf Take a Third Option The Ace Silent Movie Funny Foreigner Rule of Funny Show Within a Show Wicked Cultured Children Are Innocent Fourth Date Marriage Rape as Drama Spiritual Successor Cold-Blooded Torture Manipulative Bastard Mr. Exposition Race Lift Documentary No Good Deed Goes Unpunished Oh, Crap! 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Only One Name Sequel Escalation It Can Think Politically Incorrect Villain Stuff Blowing Up Drives Like Crazy Film Noir Index Chiaroscuro Affectionate Parody Blood Knight The Voiceless Those Wacky Nazis Names to Run Away from Really Fast Girl-on-Girl Is Hot No Ending Sacrificial Lion Obviously Evil Jerk with a Heart of Gold Defiant to the End Shipper on Deck Cool Old Guy Daddy's Girl Red Right Hand Token Minority Smoking Is Cool Light Is Not Good Offscreen Teleportation Not What It Looks Like No Antagonist All for Nothing Shoot the Shaggy Dog The '70s Would Hit a Girl Victoria's Secret Compartment Aluminum Christmas Trees Outrun the Fireball Creator Cameo Creative Closing Credits Motor Mouth Bunny-Ears Lawyer Jitter Cam Stylistic Suck Never My Fault Heroic Sacrifice Bloodless Carnage Demoted to Extra Credits Gag Knife Nut Running Gag Hell Is That Noise Ms. Fanservice Brother–Sister Incest Took a Level in Jerkass Bad Boss Defrosting Ice Queen Dirty Coward Disproportionate Retribution Guile Hero Reality Ensues Lock and Load Montage Offscreen Moment of Awesome Not So Stoic Re-Cut Fire-Forged Friends Gilligan Cut Vomit Indiscretion Shot Homage Intrepid Reporter Costume Porn Red Shirt Death by Adaptation B-Movie Hero of Another Story Only in It for the Money Cool Old Lady Batman Gambit Make It Look Like an Accident You Killed My Father Eagleland Adaptation Name Change Narrator Cool Guns As the Good Book Says... 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