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)

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