Tropescilloscope: Smug Snake

A slimeball with an unjustly-overinflated ego and delusions of grandeur. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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