Tropescilloscope: Faux Affably Evil

A villain with a fake, mocking veneer of niceness that only highlights their monstrosity. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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It Will Never Catch On Back from the Dead Historical Villain Upgrade Music Stories The Brute Extremely Short Timespan Monumental Damage Meaningful Background Event Animal Title Index Riddle for the Ages Broken Bird Dropped a Bridge on Him Public Domain Feature Films Villain Protagonist Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking Creepy Child Fiery Redhead Romantic Comedy Actually Pretty Funny Improbable Weapon User Gainax Ending Suspiciously Specific Denial Throwing Your Sword Always Works Gory Discretion Shot Hong Kong Films Yandere Those Two Guys Fat Bastard Cassandra Truth Nice Job Fixing It, Villain! Catch-Phrase Bound and Gagged As You Know Sexy Discretion Shot Fantastic Racism Our Zombies Are Different Jerkass Has a Point One-Word Title Stealth Hi/Bye Recycled IN SPACE! Drill Sergeant Nasty Red Eyes, Take Warning Crucified Hero Shot Authority Equals Asskicking Destination Defenestration And I Must Scream Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas Fake Shemp Spiteful Spit Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass Off-into-the-Distance Ending I Need a Freaking Drink Hair-Trigger Temper Adaptational Attractiveness Film Noir Shown Their Work Green-Eyed Monster Foregone Conclusion Artistic License – History Martial Arts Movie Better to Die than Be Killed The Great Depression Parental Abandonment Scary Black Man You Have Failed Me Adaptation Distillation Offscreen Moment of Awesome Bald of Evil Mundane Made Awesome Exactly What It Says on the Tin Historical-Domain Character Properly Paranoid Documentary The Bully Tempting Fate Freeze-Frame Bonus Wounded Gazelle Gambit Earn Your Happy Ending Posthumous Character The Mafia Foil Token Minority Rich Bitch Death Seeker Bottomless Magazines Real Life Writes the Plot Wrong Genre Savvy Cool Car "Where Are They Now?" 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My Beloved Smother The Cameo Russian Films Evil Cannot Comprehend Good All Men Are Perverts Too Dumb to Live Crapsack World Bloody Hilarious What the Hell, Hero? Impaled with Extreme Prejudice Determinator aka: The Determinator Character Development Works Set in World War II Rewatch Bonus Cluster F-Bomb You Have Outlived Your Usefulness Older Than They Look Casting Gag Drives Like Crazy Well-Intentioned Extremist Anti-Villain Take a Third Option Cold-Blooded Torture Fourth Date Marriage Madness Mantra Badass in a Nice Suit Book-Ends Faking the Dead Decoy Protagonist Worthy Opponent Together in Death Despair Event Horizon Brick Joke Rousing Speech Dying Moment of Awesome For the Evulz Beauty Is Never Tarnished May–December Romance Dark and Troubled Past Our Vampires Are Different Sequel Escalation Sealed Evil in a Can Precision F-Strike The Stoic Trailers Always Spoil Would Hurt a Child How We Got Here Visual Pun War Is Hell Cowboy Cop Psychological Thriller The Alcoholic Flashback Hero of Another Story Does This Remind You of Anything? 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Guy No Name Given Darker and Edgier Tagline Kids Are Cruel The Oner Unspoken Plan Guarantee Almost Kiss Roger Ebert: Great Movies List Central Theme The Bad Guy Wins Informed Ability The Stinger Sole Survivor All Just a Dream Heroic Sacrifice Chekhov's Gun Black Comedy Rape Here We Go Again! Defrosting Ice Queen Evil vs. Evil Race Lift It Can Think Deus ex Machina Translation Convention Celebrity Paradox "The Reason You Suck" Speech Star-Crossed Lovers Room Full of Crazy Wham Line World of Ham Armor-Piercing Question Awesome, but Impractical Karmic Death Pragmatic Villainy Anguished Declaration of Love The Faceless Moment Killer Would Hit a Girl Bloodier and Gorier Betty and Veronica Nice Job Breaking It, Hero! Author Avatar Deal with the Devil All for Nothing Leave the Camera Running Adult Fear Tap on the Head She Cleans Up Nicely Get Out! Asshole Victim Fatal Family Photo Artistic License – Biology Evil Sounds Deep Take That! 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The Hero Dies A Date with Rosie Palms Knife Nut Curse Cut Short Villain Opening Scene Heel Realization And Starring '80s Hair Bury Your Gays 20 Minutes into the Future Big "NO!" Affectionate Parody After the End Vitriolic Best Buds Insistent Terminology Unreliable Narrator Aww, Look! They Really Do Love Each Other Abhorrent Admirer Obstructive Bureaucrat Disproportionate Retribution Artistic License – Gun Safety Your Cheating Heart Roaring Rampage of Revenge Eldritch Abomination Plucky Comic Relief Corrupt Corporate Executive Girl-on-Girl Is Hot Hero Antagonist Ironic Echo Abusive Parents The Casanova Happily Married Chuck Cunningham Syndrome Slasher Movie The Power of Love Action Girl Big Bad Duumvirate Straight Gay Soundtrack Dissonance Henpecked Husband Boom, Headshot! 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