Tropescilloscope: Pay Evil unto Evil

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

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