Tropescilloscope: Hate Sink

A character designed to be disliked for villainous actions, or for ludicrously intolerable traits, usually in lieu of a hateable main villain. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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