Tropescilloscope: Evil Sounds Deep

Deep voices just scream villainy. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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