Tropescilloscope: Evil Counterpart

A character who has similarities to a good or not as evil character, but is evil(er). (read more at tvtropes.org)

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