Tropescilloscope: The Starscream

Villain's top minion plans to betray their master to claim power for themselves. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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Your Head A-Splode Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking Country Matters Adults Are Useless Darker and Edgier Final Girl Pimped-Out Dress Public Domain Feature Films Chase Scene Villain Protagonist Karma Houdini Evil Sounds Deep Military and Warfare Films folderlabel Our Vampires Are Different Anti-Villain Foreshadowing '80s Hair It's Personal Eye Scream Fan Disservice Parental Incest Danny Peary Cult Movies List Soft Glass Artistic License – Physics Genre Savvy Spiritual Successor Big Bad Smoking Is Cool Hair-Trigger Temper The Cavalry Married to the Job Vacation Films Depraved Bisexual Hoist by His Own Petard Kick the Son of a Bitch Race Lift Big-Bad Ensemble In Medias Res Training Montage Artistic License – Gun Safety Thriller Noodle Incident Unusual Euphemism Random Events Plot Retcon Improbable Infant Survival aka: Infant Immortality Screw the Money, I Have Rules! Ragtag Bunch of Misfits Even Evil Has Loved Ones