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