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