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