Tropescilloscope: Took a Level in Jerkass

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

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And I Must Scream Maybe Ever After Deadpan Snarker Eye Scream Gone Horribly Right 20 Minutes into the Future After the End Becoming the Mask Cool Shades Older Than They Look Break the Cutie Fanservice Extra A God Am I Artistic License – Biology The Bully Big Fancy House Take That! Screw the Rules, I Have Money! Insistent Terminology Evil Is Petty Ambiguously Gay Kick the Dog Bond Villain Stupidity Ugly Guy, Hot Wife Actually Pretty Funny Reality Has No Subtitles Face–Heel Turn Spanner in the Works Pyrrhic Victory Horror Doesn't Settle for Simple Tuesday Alpha Bitch Naïve Newcomer Dramatic Gun Cock Ungrateful Bastard Bury Your Gays Properly Paranoid Central Theme Animal Title Index Ship Tease She's Got Legs Spiritual Successor "Awesome McCool" Name Improbable Aiming Skills I'm a Humanitarian Stealth Pun Rousing Speech Bullying a Dragon The Atoner Sacrificial Lion Authority Equals Asskicking Blackmail Twist Ending Fire-Forged Friends Male Gaze Big Bad Duumvirate Love Triangle Once More, with Clarity! 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Destination Defenestration Advertised Extra Mythology Gag Composite Character Politically Incorrect Villain The Power of Love Didn't Think This Through Superhero Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold Not Quite Dead No Name Given Ms. Fanservice Animal Motifs Those Two Guys Works Set in World War II Rasputinian Death Small Name, Big Ego Mood Whiplash Smoking Is Cool Hypocrite Scenery Porn What the Hell, Hero? Chekhov's Gun Establishing Character Moment Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy Good Is Not Nice Auto Erotica Chuck Cunningham Syndrome Major Injury Underreaction Camp Gay Be Careful What You Wish For Bland-Name Product Fish out of Water Off with His Head! Dark Reprise Improbable Infant Survival aka: Infant Immortality Get Out! Loads and Loads of Characters Fainting Aww, Look! They Really Do Love Each Other Victoria's Secret Compartment Hollywood Law In Medias Res Karma Houdini Thriller My Greatest Failure Kill 'em All Eldritch Abomination Big Applesauce No Ending Film Noir Index What Happened to the Mouse? Action Genre The Remake "Well Done, Son!" 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Action Film, Quiet Drama Scene Action Survivor Femme Fatale Costume Porn Famous Last Words The Big Guy Villain Protagonist Scare Chord The Place Kids Are Cruel Car Fu Mystery and Detective Films Determinator Mind Screw Rule of Funny Straight Gay Nice Hat More Dakka Heel Realization Extreme Doormat Show Within a Show Fun with Acronyms BFG Obstructive Bureaucrat Military and Warfare Films Unspoken Plan Guarantee Eureka Moment Intergenerational Friendship Apocalypse How Artistic License – History Adults Are Useless Paper-Thin Disguise Decoy Protagonist Intrepid Reporter Cassandra Truth Made of Iron Neck Lift Demonic Possession Pretty Little Headshots Girl-on-Girl Is Hot Air-Vent Passageway La Résistance Jitter Cam Humiliation Conga Unusual Euphemism The Chessmaster Four-Temperament Ensemble Deconstruction Earn Your Happy Ending British Films It Can Think Camera Abuse Those Two Bad Guys Spell My Name with an "S" Alas, Poor Villain Big Brother Instinct Fanservice Nice Guy The Ghost Fate Worse than Death An Aesop Covers Always Lie The Dreaded Karmic Death Chekhov's Gunman Cluster F-Bomb Mama Bear The Chick Dying Moment of Awesome Awesome, but Impractical Oh, Crap! 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As Himself Spared by the Adaptation Chekhov's Skill Killed Mid-Sentence Zombie Stories The Quiet One Knife Nut Sports Stories Evil Is Hammy Brutal Honesty Faux Affably Evil Fan Disservice Plot Hole Ironic Echo It Will Never Catch On B-Movie Demoted to Extra Sassy Black Woman Easily Forgiven Mad Scientist Does Not Like Shoes The Stinger You Have Failed Me Only in It for the Money Together in Death The Vamp Hope Spot Hero Antagonist Mundane Made Awesome The Bad Guy Wins Silent Movie Villain Opening Scene Reality Is Unrealistic Gainax Ending Shirtless Scene Redemption Equals Death Needs Wiki Magic Love Adaptational Villainy Rule of Cool Self-Deprecation The Smurfette Principle Moment Killer Super Strength Funny Background Event The Alcoholic Dogged Nice Guy Never Found the Body Retcon Shipper on Deck Expository Hairstyle Change Badass Bookworm Nice Job Breaking It, Hero! 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Is a Crapshoot Ominous Latin Chanting Brainless Beauty Asshole Victim Danny Peary Cult Movies List Creator Cameo Documentary Foreshadowing Pragmatic Villainy Trailers Always Spoil Deliberate Values Dissonance Adapted Out Distracted by the Sexy Revenge Gratuitous English Based on a True Story Genre Throwback The Oner Aside Glance The Ace Bloody Hilarious Abusive Parents Biopic The Cavalry Facial Horror Tap on the Head Corrupt Corporate Executive Dramatic Irony Market-Based Title All Just a Dream The Lancer Card-Carrying Villain Tagline Beware the Nice Ones Whole Plot Reference Half the Man He Used to Be Funny Foreigner Historical Hero Upgrade Failed a Spot Check Manipulative Bastard Novelization The Great Depression Animated Credits Opening Cruel and Unusual Death Big Bad Attempted Rape Narrator Homage Jerkass Disappeared Dad Screw This, I'm Outta Here! 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Handicapped Badass Hypocritical Humor Adaptational Heroism Adaptation Expansion Does This Remind You of Anything? Only Known by Their Nickname From Bad to Worse Dirty Old Man Bolivian Army Ending Chewing the Scenery Red Eyes, Take Warning Male Frontal Nudity Grey and Gray Morality Woman Scorned Important Haircut Last-Name Basis Jerk Jock Not Even Bothering with the Accent The Voiceless Running Gag Drill Sergeant Nasty Eagleland Dramedy Shell-Shocked Veteran Foregone Conclusion True Companions Suspiciously Similar Substitute Wham Line Martial Arts Movie Anguished Declaration of Love Translation Convention Ass Shove Early-Bird Cameo Bad Boss Betty and Veronica Dull Surprise Line-of-Sight Name Shoot the Shaggy Dog Actor Allusion Riddle for the Ages Better to Die than Be Killed Blonde, Brunette, Redhead Drives Like Crazy Badass Boast Recycled IN SPACE! Death by Irony Grievous Bottley Harm Roger Ebert: Great Movies List Disproportionate Retribution Sequel Escalation Diabolus ex Machina For the Evulz Silence Is Golden Shower Scene Posthumous Character Green-Eyed Monster Butt-Monkey Hero of Another Story Drowning My Sorrows Rewatch Bonus War Is Hell Captain Obvious Have a Gay Old Time Empathic Environment Vomit Indiscretion Shot Serial Killer Morality Pet The Mole Daddy's Girl Psychopathic Manchild Evil Brit Evil Cannot Comprehend Good Woman in White Casting Gag Psychological Thriller Darkest Hour Here We Go Again! Mighty Whitey Double-Meaning Title Married to the Job Cool Car Setting Update Death Glare Obfuscating Stupidity Crazy Jealous Guy Anti-Hero Nothing Is Scarier Yandere Blatant Lies Meet Cute Big "NO!" 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Shown Their Work Poor Communication Kills Not What It Looks Like Red Oni, Blue Oni Coming-of-Age Story Madness Mantra Fatal Flaw Non-Indicative Name Took a Level in Badass Villain Song Frame-Up Rule of Symbolism Stock Footage Missing Mom Stylistic Suck Badass Normal Italian Films Developing Doomed Characters Captain Ersatz Match Cut Scenery Gorn Agony of the Feet Breaking the Fourth Wall Expy Back from the Dead Kubrick Stare Obviously Evil Imagine Spot Fingore The End... Or Is It? Only a Flesh Wound Everyone Has Standards Redshirt Army Word of God One-Word Title Stuff Blowing Up Body Horror All for Nothing timeperiod Heel–Face Turn Names to Run Away from Really Fast Gory Discretion Shot Henpecked Husband Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking Bloodier and Gorier Break the Haughty And Starring Disguised in Drag Toplessness from the Back Video Credits Antagonist Title Police Brutality Character Development Toilet Humour aka: Toilet Humor The Un-Reveal Insane Troll Logic Insult Backfire Anyone Can Die He Who Fights Monsters The Smart Guy Wounded Gazelle Gambit "Shaggy Dog" Story Unusually Uninteresting Sight Pre-Mortem One-Liner Same Language Dub Beard of Evil Gilligan Cut Damsel in Distress Token Minority Pay Evil unto Evil This Is Gonna Suck Skewed Priorities Early Installment Weirdness Ax-Crazy The Ditz Let's Get Dangerous! Mistaken for Gay Bitch in Sheep's Clothing Sci-Fi Horror Catch-Phrase The Stoner Hollywood Darkness Suspiciously Specific Denial Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass Manic Pixie Dream Girl Jump Scare Belligerent Sexual Tension Neck Snap Instant Death Bullet Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds Wham Shot Dirty Coward Death Seeker Downer Ending Eiffel Tower Effect Screw the Money, I Have Rules! Conspicuous CG Parental Substitute He Knows Too Much An Arm and a Leg Call-Back The '90s Canon Foreigner Brick Joke Horror Films Flashback Continuity Nod Race Against the Clock Due to the Dead Heroic Sacrifice Foil Take a Third Option Eyepatch of Power Groin Attack Defrosting Ice Queen Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right! The Stoic It's All About Me Red Right Hand Even Evil Has Standards Badass Longcoat Hoist by His Own Petard Dissonant Serenity Batman Gambit Time Skip Hooker with a Heart of Gold Dutch Angle The Lost Lenore Punch-Clock Villain Cowboy Cop