Tropescilloscope: For the Evulz

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

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