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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Christmas Movies Index Historical-Domain Character Ax-Crazy Dark and Troubled Past Deliberately Monochrome The Dragon Married to the Job Empathic Environment She Cleans Up Nicely Artistic License – Geography Reality Has No Subtitles I'm a Humanitarian Creepy Child Film Noir Index Translation Convention Ominous Latin Chanting Spared by the Adaptation The Faceless Death by Irony What You Are in the Dark Character Development Freudian Excuse Rule of Three Only Known by Their Nickname I Just Shot Marvin in the Face Captain Ersatz Henpecked Husband 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 Face–Heel 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... May–December 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 Brother–Sister 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 folderlabel 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 Heel–Face 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