Tropescilloscope: Nice Guy

An overall pleasant character with no glaringly dark traits. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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