Tropescilloscope: Evil Plan

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

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