Tropescilloscope: Red Eyes, Take Warning

Red eyes mean that a character is evil or, at least dangerous. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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