Tropescilloscope: Evil Plan

The villain's plan that the heroes try to stop. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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