Tropescilloscope: Evil Sounds Deep

Deep voices just scream villainy. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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