Tropescilloscope: Took a Level in Jerkass

When a Nice Guy becomes a jerk. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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