Tropescilloscope: Good Is Not Nice

A character is heroic in nature, but still rather intolerable. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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Rule of Three Action Prologue Psychological Thriller Fourth Date Marriage Those Wacky Nazis Men Are the Expendable Gender Anguished Declaration of Love Children Are Innocent Interrupted Suicide Epic Movie La Résistance Bi the Way Broken Aesop From Bad to Worse Animated Credits Opening Soundtrack Dissonance In the Back Refuge in Audacity Bowdlerise Evil Is Hammy Fiery Redhead Funny Foreigner timeperiod Pet the Dog The Musical For Want of a Nail Male Frontal Nudity Bond Villain Stupidity Developing Doomed Characters Blackmail Bland-Name Product Humiliation Conga It Will Never Catch On Blonde, Brunette, Redhead Creator Cameo You Killed My Father Never Trust a Trailer Neck Lift Guile Hero Artistic License – Geography He Knows Too Much Evil Counterpart Lampshade Hanging Beauty Is Never Tarnished One-Word Title Lock and Load Montage Cain and Abel Canadian Movies Big Brother Instinct Gold Digger Psychopathic Manchild Mighty Whitey In Name Only Double-Meaning Title Adaptation Dye-Job Why Did It Have to Be Snakes? 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Is Serious Business Extremely Short Timespan Star-Crossed Lovers Kill It with Fire The Reveal No Antagonist Scary Black Man Early-Bird Cameo Henpecked Husband Badass Boast Red Oni, Blue Oni Leave the Camera Running folderlabel Author Avatar Eureka Moment Auto Erotica Vomit Indiscretion Shot Dumb Blonde Military and Warfare Films Nice Hat Combat Pragmatist An Axe to Grind Ghost Fiction Ass Shove Biopic No Good Deed Goes Unpunished Black Comedy Pre-Mortem One-Liner She's Got Legs Big Eater Conspicuous CG Despair Event Horizon Taking You with Me Broken Bird Take That! 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The Vamp Vacation Films Sliding Scale of Idealism vs. Cynicism NO INDOOR VOICE Unresolved Sexual Tension Anyone Can Die Fun with Acronyms Failed a Spot Check Never Trust a Trailer aka: Trailers Always Lie Daylight Horror Fingore Cassandra Truth Adaptational Attractiveness Same Language Dub Stuff Blowing Up Improvised Weapon Mercy Kill Pre-Asskicking One-Liner Punctuated! For! Emphasis! Redshirt Army I Want My Beloved to Be Happy Cool Shades Knight Templar Dramatic Gun Cock Does Not Like Shoes Oh, Crap! Screw the Rules, I Have Money! '80s Hair Villain Song Genre Shift Pimped-Out Dress The Load Horror Comedy Kids Are Cruel Grievous Bottley Harm Reality Ensues Our Zombies Are Different Gainax Ending Spared by the Adaptation Manic Pixie Dream Girl No-Sell Overprotective Dad A Minor Kidroduction Nice Guy Genre Savvy Mooks Deal with the Devil Shoot the Shaggy Dog Ominous Latin Chanting Jerk Jock Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right! Scenery Gorn Advertised Extra Bullying a Dragon Wham Line Race Against the Clock Hoist by His Own Petard Face Death with Dignity Sealed Evil in a Can Retcon Eye Scream Soft Glass Crapsack World Worthy Opponent