Tropescilloscope: Evil Is Petty

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

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Is Serious Business Random Events Plot I Did What I Had to Do Deliberately Monochrome Room Full of Crazy Hypocritical Humor Spiritual Successor Evil Cannot Comprehend Good Wrong Genre Savvy Ms. Fanservice The Sociopath Extremely Short Timespan Ragtag Bunch of Misfits Animal Motifs Bloodier and Gorier Novelization Mexican Standoff Colour-Coded for Your Convenience aka: Color Coded For Your Convenience Never My Fault Artistic License – Military Evil-Detecting Dog Deus ex Machina Film Noir Index The Ace Rewatch Bonus Superhero Be Careful What You Wish For Once More, with Clarity! 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Film Noir Scenery Porn Taking the Bullet Bond One-Liner Author Appeal How We Got Here The '80s Slashed Throat Evil Brit Police are Useless The Alcoholic Logo Joke Video Credits Anti-Villain Bittersweet Ending Rule of Funny Ungrateful Bastard Manic Pixie Dream Girl Put on a Bus Say My Name Pragmatic Adaptation Unusual Euphemism Immune to Bullets Punch-Clock Villain Historical Villain Upgrade Roaring Rampage of Revenge Unresolved Sexual Tension Biopic Take That! Stalker with a Crush Dirty Old Man Small Name, Big Ego Bitch in Sheep's Clothing Make It Look Like an Accident Beta Couple Artistic License – Gun Safety Artistic License – Biology Parental Abandonment Hooker with a Heart of Gold Action Survivor Karmic Death Break the Cutie Badass Bookworm A God Am I Recycled IN SPACE! 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