Tropescilloscope: Villain with Good Publicity

A villain who's popular with the general public. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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