Tropescilloscope: Pay Evil unto Evil

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

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