Evil Tropes

"The function of wisdom is to discriminate between good and evil."

- Cicero

Evil is complex.

Compare Darkness and Shadows Tropes.

Contrast Goodness Tropes.

Tropes
+Categories:
 * Good and Evil For Your Convenience
 * Monologuing
 * Hidden Evil
 * Obviously Evil
 * Villains
 * Villainous Fashion Sense
 * Above Good and Evil
 * Adaptational Villainy
 * Affably Evil
 * Allergic to Evil
 * Always Chaotic Evil
 * Ambiguously Evil
 * Ambition Is Evil
 * And That's Terrible
 * And Then What?
 * And Your Little Dog, Too
 * Apocalypse Hitler
 * Arson, Murder, and Admiration
 * Artifact of Attraction
 * Artifact of Death
 * Artifact of Doom
 * Auction of Evil
 * Avenging the Villain
 * Bad Guys Do the Dirty Work
 * Bad Powers, Bad People
 * Bad Powers, Good People
 * Bad Samaritan
 * Bald of Evil
 * Bathe Her and Bring Her To Me
 * Beard of Evil
 * Beauty Is Bad
 * Being Evil Sucks
 * Being Tortured Makes You Evil
 * Better Living Through Evil
 * Better the Devil You Know
 * Black Magic
 * Blood Bath
 * Bloodbath Villain Origin
 * Board to Death
 * Bondage Is Bad
 * Bring Him to Me
 * Burn the Orphanage
 * But for Me It Was Tuesday
 * Card-Carrying Villain
 * Chaos Is Evil
 * Chaotic Evil
 * Chronic Villainy
 * Clasp Your Hands If You Deceive
 * Complete Monster
 * Corrupt Church
 * Creepy Souvenir
 * Cross-Melting Aura
 * The Dark Arts
 * Dark Is Evil
 * The Dark Side
 * The Dark Side Will Make You Forget
 * Dead Guy On Display
 * Deadly Decadent Court
 * Deface of the Moon
 * Deliver Us From Evil
 * Despotism Justifies the Means
 * Detect Evil
 * Dick Dastardly Stops to Cheat
 * Digital Piracy Is Evil
 * Disney Villain Death
 * Divine Chessboard
 * Doomsday Device
 * Dragon Ascendant
 * Dress-Coded for Your Convenience
 * Dystopia Justifies the Means
 * Eerie Pale-Skinned Brunette
 * Emotions vs. Stoicism
 * Enemy Civil War
 * Enemy Within
 * Enemy Without
 * Super-Powered Evil Side
 * Easy Road to Hell
 * Even Evil Has Loved Ones
 * Even Evil Has Standards
 * Even Mooks Have Loved Ones
 * Evil Brit
 * Evil Cannot Comprehend Good
 * Evil Costume Switch
 * Evil Detecting Baby
 * Eviler Than Thou
 * Evil Evolves
 * Evil Eyebrows
 * Evil Feels Good
 * Evil Gloating
 * Evil Has a Bad Sense of Humor
 * Evil, Inc.
 * Evil Is Cool
 * Evil Is Deathly Cold
 * Evil Is Easy
 * Evil Is Hammy
 * Evil Is Not a Toy
 * Evil Is Not Pacifist
 * Evil Is Not Well Lit
 * Evil Is One Big Happy Family
 * Evil Is Petty
 * Evil Is Visceral
 * Evil Plan
 * Evil Is Sexy
 * Evil Is Stylish
 * Evil Laugh
 * Un Evil Laugh
 * Evil Makeover
 * Evil Makes You Monstrous
 * Evil Makes You Ugly
 * Evil Me Scares Me
 * Evil Mentor
 * Evil Only Has to Win Once
 * Evil Overlord List
 * Jack Butlers Original Evil Overlord List
 * Evil Overlord List Cellblock A
 * Evil Overlord List Cellblock B
 * All The Tropes Additional Evil Overlord Vows
 * Additional Evil Overlord List Cellblock A
 * Additional Evil Overlord List Cellblock B
 * Additional Evil Overlord List Cellblock C
 * Additional Evil Overlord List Cellblock D
 * Additional Evil Overlord List Cellblock E
 * Evil Pays Better
 * Evil Power Vacuum
 * Evil Redhead
 * Evil Smells Bad
 * Evil Sounds Deep
 * Evil Tastes Good
 * Evil Twin
 * Evil Versus Evil
 * Evil Versus Oblivion
 * Evil Virtues
 * Evil Weapon
 * Excessive Evil Eyeshadow
 * Exotic Entree
 * Face Heel Turn
 * Heel Face Turn
 * Heel Face Mind Screw
 * High Heel Face Turn
 * Fallen Hero
 * Family Values Villain
 * Fangs Are Evil
 * Fantasy Axis of Evil
 * Faux Affably Evil
 * Fascist but Inefficient
 * Femme Fatalons
 * Filler Villain
 * Flaying Alive
 * Flies Equals Evil
 * Four Is Death
 * Forced Into Evil
 * Forced to Watch
 * For the Evulz
 * Freak-Out
 * From Nobody to Nightmare
 * Full-Frontal Assault
 * Game Face
 * Glamour Failure
 * A Glass of Chianti
 * Gloved Fist of Doom
 * Glove Snap
 * God and Satan Are Both Jerks
 * God Is Evil
 * God of Evil
 * Good Hurts Evil
 * Good Powers, Bad People
 * Good Running Evil
 * The Good, The Bad, And The Evil
 * Got the Whole World In My Hand
 * Grim Up North
 * Hand Rubbing
 * Hearing Voices
 * Help Help This Index Is Being Repressed
 * High Collar of Doom
 * Hope Spot
 * Human Sacrifice
 * Human Shield
 * I Can Rule Alone
 * If You're So Evil Eat This Kitten
 * Ignored Epiphany
 * I Have You Now, My Pretty
 * The Imp
 * In Their Own Image
 * I Control My Minions Through...
 * Industrialized Evil
 * It's All About Me
 * I Will Punish Your Friend for Your Failure
 * Karma Houdini
 * Kick the Dog
 * Kick the Son of A Bitch
 * Kill the Poor
 * Kingpin in His Gym
 * Kneel Before Zod
 * Laughably Evil
 * Laugh With Me
 * Lawful Evil
 * Lean and Mean
 * Leonine Contract
 * Light Is Not Good
 * Likable Villain
 * Love to Hate
 * Made of Evil
 * Mage in Manhattan
 * Magic Is Evil
 * Make Up Is Evil
 * Malevolent Mugshot
 * Malicious Slander
 * Man of Wealth and Taste
 * Maniac Monkeys
 * Marital Rape License
 * Mark of the Beast
 * Memory Gambit
 * Million Mook March
 * Mistreatment-Induced Betrayal
 * Monster Fangirl
 * Moral Event Horizon
 * Moral Myopia
 * Mordor
 * Murder Is the Best Solution
 * Near Villain Victory
 * Neutral Evil
 * Never Hurt an Innocent
 * No Cure for Evil
 * No Delays for The Wicked
 * No Honor Among Thieves
 * No, Mr. Bond, I Expect You to Dine
 * No Sympathy Between Mooks
 * Nothing but Skulls
 * Number of the Beast
 * Obliviously Evil
 * Old Man Marrying a Child
 * Orcus On His Throne
 * Overlord, Jr.
 * Past Victim Showcase
 * Peer Pressure Makes You Evil
 * Pitiful Worms
 * Playing With Puppets
 * Poison Is Evil
 * Poke the Poodle
 * Politically-Incorrect Villain
 * Post-Rape Taunt
 * Pragmatic Villainy
 * Protagonist Journey to Villain
 * Primal Stance
 * Put the Laughter In Slaughter
 * Pyrrhic Villainy
 * Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil
 * Red Eyes, Take Warning
 * Red Right Hand
 * Redemption Rejection
 * Regularly-Scheduled Evil
 * Reichstropen
 * Religion of Evil
 * Reptiles Are Abhorrent
 * Revenge Through Corruption
 * Revenge By Proxy
 * Right-Hand-Cat
 * Rock Me, Asmodeus
 * Royal Brat
 * Rushmore Refacement
 * The Savage South
 * Scary Teeth
 * Schmuck Banquet
 * Secret Circle of Secrets
 * Self-Constructed Being
 * Sensible Heroes, Skimpy Villains
 * Serial Killer Killer
 * Seven Deadly Sins
 * Sex Is Evil
 * Sex Is Evil and I Am Horny
 * Shoot the Builder
 * Shoot the Messenger
 * Shoulders of Doom
 * Shut Up, Kirk
 * Silence, You Fool
 * A Sinister Clue
 * Sinister Geometry
 * Sliding Scale of Villain Threat
 * Slouch of Villainy
 * Slowly Slipping Into Evil
 * Sorting Algorithm of Evil
 * Soviet Superscience
 * Spikes of Villainy
 * Straight Edge Evil
 * Start of Darkness
 * Stock Evil Overlord Tactics
 * Stupid Evil
 * Stupid Jetpack Hitler
 * Sugary Malice
 * Suicidal Cosmic Temper Tantrum
 * Surrounded By Idiots
 * Take Over the City
 * Take Over the World
 * Tested On Humans
 * The Paragon Always Rebels
 * This Cannot Be!
 * This Is Your Brain On Evil
 * Threw My Bike On the Roof
 * Tin Tyrant
 * Token Evil Teammate
 * Too Funny to Be Evil
 * Two-Faced
 * Unholy Matrimony
 * Used to Be A Sweet Kid
 * Vader Breath
 * Villain Ball
 * Villain Cred
 * The Villain Makes the Plot
 * A Villain Named Zrg
 * Villains Blend in Better
 * Villainous Breakdown
 * Villainous Demotivator
 * Villain Pedigree
 * Villains Never Lie
 * Villain Song
 * Villains Out Shopping
 * Villainous BSOD
 * Villainous Crush
 * Villainesses Want Heroes
 * Villainous Incest
 * Villain Takes an Interest
 * Villainous Valor
 * Villainous Widow's Peak
 * Villainy Discretion Shot
 * Walk Into Mordor
 * We Can Rule Together
 * Shiny New Australia
 * Welcome to Evil Mart
 * What Is Evil?
 * Wicked Cultured
 * You Can't Thwart Stage One
 * You Cloned Hitler
 * You Could Have Used Your Powers For Evil
 * You Have Failed Me
 * You Have No Chance To Survive Make Your Time
 * You Have Outlived Your Usefulness
 * Your Approval Fills Me With Shame