Tropescilloscope: Those Two Bad Guys

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

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