Tropescilloscope: Big Bad Duumvirate

Two or more main villains working together. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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