Tropescilloscope: He Who Fights Monsters

Hero becomes the very evil they sought to destroy. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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