In the crystal structure, the title compound {systematic name: [ 2,5-bis(4-ethyl-3,5-dimethyl-2H-pyrrol-2-ylidenemethyl)-1H-pyrrolato]( trifluoroacetato) palladium(II)}, [Pd(C2F3O2)( C-27-H34N3)], forms chiral molecules with a helical distortion of the tripyrrinate ligand backbone and an essentially planar PdN3O core, with Pd-N distances ranging from 1.977 ( 3) to 2.045 (3) angstrom and a Pd-O distance of 2.051 (2) angstrom. This distortion of the organic ligand is considered as the conformational answer to the steric interaction of the terminal methyl groups of the tripyrrinate ligand with the donor O atom of the trifluoroacetate group.