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