Tropescilloscope: No Good Deed Goes Unpunished

Noble action brings bad consequences. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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