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