Tropescilloscope: The Starscream

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

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