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