Tropescilloscope: Nice Guy

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

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