Tropescilloscope: Big Bad Duumvirate
Two or more main villains working together. (read more at tvtropes.org)
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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
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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
FaceHeel 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
MayDecember 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
BrotherSister 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
HeelFace 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