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