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