Tropescilloscope: Red Eyes, Take Warning

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

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