Tropescilloscope: Those Two Bad Guys

A pair of psychos who provide exposition, Seinfeldian Conversations, and violence. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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