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