Tropescilloscope: Even Evil Has Standards

Some things are too vile even for a villain to do. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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