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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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
FaceHeel 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
BrotherSister 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
HeelFace 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
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One Steve Limit
Obfuscating Stupidity
French Films
Naïve Newcomer
MayDecember Romance
Obviously Evil
Shown Their Work