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