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