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)

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