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