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