Tropescilloscope: Sinister Minister

A morally bankrupt clergyman. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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Real Life B-Movie For the Evulz Manly Tears Mr. Fanservice Fainting Stuff Blowing Up Spell My Name with an "S" Heroes Want Redheads Badass in a Nice Suit Black Comedy Eagleland The Sociopath Tap on the Head Paper-Thin Disguise An Aesop The Power of Love Hollywood Darkness Motor Mouth Blonde, Brunette, Redhead As the Good Book Says... Leitmotif Award-Bait Song Roaring Rampage of Revenge Irony The '70s Love Triangle Pay Evil unto Evil A Date with Rosie Palms Hypocritical Humor Vacation Films The Oner Chekhov's Gunman One-Word Title Even Evil Has Standards The End... Or Is It? 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Corrupt Corporate Executive Scenery Gorn Meaningful Background Event Hidden Depths Spanner in the Works Maybe Ever After Knight Templar Off with His Head! 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My Greatest Failure All Men Are Perverts Taking You with Me Throwing Your Sword Always Works Gender Flip Wretched Hive The Film of the Book Evil Sounds Deep Adaptational Heroism Immune to Bullets The Load Broken Bird Zombie Stories What the Hell, Hero? Enemy Mine This Is Gonna Suck Bavarian Fire Drill Captain Ersatz Never Found the Body Bittersweet Ending Unwitting Instigator of Doom Face Death with Dignity Babies Ever After Arranged Marriage Chekhov's Skill Star-Crossed Lovers Pragmatic Adaptation The Chessmaster Anachronism Stew Better to Die than Be Killed Plot Hole Make It Look Like an Accident The Lancer Race Lift Dramatic Gun Cock Dark and Troubled Past Aluminum Christmas Trees Only Sane Man Jump Scare Soft Glass Politically Incorrect Villain Rewatch Bonus All for Nothing Nice Guy Translation Convention It's All About Me Greater-Scope Villain Wham Shot Noodle Incident Tranquil Fury Becoming the Mask Redemption Equals Death As Long as It Sounds Foreign