Tropescilloscope: Grey and Gray Morality

Opposing sides are neither "good" nor "evil". (read more at tvtropes.org)

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