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