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