Tropescilloscope: Evil-Detecting Dog

Animals can sense evil. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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