Tropescilloscope: Even Evil Has Loved Ones

Villains love their family and friends like anyone else. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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