Tropescilloscope: Jerk with a Heart of Gold

A character who is a Jerkass for the most part, is really a Nice Guy deep down. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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