Tropescilloscope: The Dreaded

A character defined by the fear that others have of them. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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