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