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