Tropescilloscope: Evil Is Hammy

Villain persona includes acting like a Large Ham and/or more so than heroes. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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