Tropescilloscope: Villain with Good Publicity

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

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