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