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