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