Tropescilloscope: Evil Cannot Comprehend Good

A villain loses because he is incapable of understanding what motivates the good. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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