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