Tropescilloscope: Abusive Parents
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Pay Evil unto Evil
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You Have Failed Me
Made of Explodium
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He Knows Too Much
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He Who Fights Monsters
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Your Head A-Splode
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And I Must Scream
Nice Job Breaking It, Hero!
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Black Comedy Rape
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Say My Name
How We Got Here
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Be Careful What You Wish For
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Never Trust a Trailer
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Sealed Evil in a Can
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Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping
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Those Wacky Nazis
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All Just a Dream
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Cool Old Lady
Sole Survivor
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Bowdlerise
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Fiery Redhead
Stealth Hi/Bye
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Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane
True Companions
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Red Oni, Blue Oni
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Our Vampires Are Different
Hell Is That Noise
Naïve Newcomer
Easily Forgiven
I Did What I Had to Do
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My God, What Have I Done?
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Even Evil Has Loved Ones
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Homage
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Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?
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Light Is Not Good
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Evil Is Hammy
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After the End
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Earn Your Happy Ending
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Break the Haughty
A.I. Is a Crapshoot
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Soft Glass
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Final Girl
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Due to the Dead
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Those Two Guys
Famous Last Words
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Police are Useless
Early-Bird Cameo
Badass in a Nice Suit
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Took a Level in Jerkass
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Red Eyes, Take Warning
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Demonic Possession
Five-Man Band
Here We Go Again!
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Fish out of Water
Scary Black Man
Adapted Out
Too Dumb to Live
Made of Iron
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Wretched Hive
Death Glare
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Wicked Cultured
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Smug Snake
Dark Action Girl
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Reality Is Unrealistic
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Nothing Is Scarier
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Annoying Younger Sibling
Have a Gay Old Time
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Tagline
Shipper on Deck
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Woman Scorned
Protagonist Title
Darker and Edgier
Retirony
Oh, Crap!
Eldritch Abomination
Face Death with Dignity
Amusing Injuries
Implacable Man
Big Bad
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Pet the Dog
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Never My Fault
Redshirt Army
Foregone Conclusion
Villainous Breakdown
Mr. Exposition
Handicapped Badass
As You Know
Maybe Ever After
Broken Pedestal
Unspoken Plan Guarantee
Married to the Job
Breaking the Fourth Wall
Room Full of Crazy
Evil-Detecting Dog
Rule of Symbolism
Woman in White
Dark Reprise
Not So Above It All
Dark Is Not Evil
Heel Realization
The Mole
Re-Cut
Bond One-Liner
Well-Intentioned Extremist
Scenery Gorn
Creator Cameo
Aww, Look! They Really Do Love Each Other
Award-Bait Song
No Name Given
Self-Deprecation
Even Evil Has Standards
Retcon
Love at First Sight
Film Series
Country Matters
Eye Scream
Eureka Moment
O.O.C. Is Serious Business
Honor Before Reason
Adaptational Villainy
MayDecember Romance
Music Stories
The '90s
Guns Akimbo
Fire-Forged Friends
Bait-and-Switch
Throwing Your Sword Always Works
The Hero Dies
Darkest Hour
Corrupt Corporate Executive
It Can Think
Deconstruction
Ironic Echo
Bar Brawl
Kill 'em All
Improbable Aiming Skills
Would Hit a Girl
Gold Digger
Demoted to Extra
Taking You with Me
Super Strength
Heroes Want Redheads
Flashback
Bloodless Carnage
Leitmotif
Time Skip
Never Trust a Trailer
Action Film, Quiet Drama Scene
The X of Y
Grievous Bottley Harm
Ungrateful Bastard
Curb-Stomp Battle
Distracted by the Sexy
Only in It for the Money
Unusual Euphemism
Captain Obvious
Antagonist Title
Informed Ability
Big Eater
Ship Tease
Sinister Minister
Vomit Indiscretion Shot
Idiot Ball
Rousing Speech
Pragmatic Adaptation
Creative Closing Credits
Crapsack World
Only One Name
Word of God
The Musical
Bad "Bad Acting"
Adorkable
Impaled with Extreme Prejudice
Token Minority
Ms. Fanservice
Knife Nut
Mind Screw
Expository Hairstyle Change
Air-Vent Passageway
Foil
Unresolved Sexual Tension
Back from the Dead
Beta Couple
Ragtag Bunch of Misfits
Daddy's Girl