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