Tropescilloscope: Evil Is Petty

Not just a villain, but a total dick. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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