Tropescilloscope: Evil Laugh

Laughter as an expression of evil, especially evil-derived satisfaction. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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