Tropescilloscope: For the Evulz

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

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