Tropescilloscope: Pay Evil unto Evil

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

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