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