Tropescilloscope: For the Evulz

Being evil just because you can. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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