Tropescilloscope: Pay Evil unto Evil

Doing cruel things to cruel people. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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