Tropescilloscope: Agony of the Feet

There's no thrill of victory when you hurt your foot. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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Stealth Pun Very Loosely Based on a True Story Creative Closing Credits The Un-Favourite aka: The Un Favorite Intrepid Reporter Mad Scientist Heroic Sacrifice Stalker with a Crush No Ending Darker and Edgier Truth in Television Nice Job Fixing It, Villain! Chekhov's Gun Idiot Ball Artistic License – History Kids Are Cruel Victoria's Secret Compartment The Un-Reveal Becoming the Mask Bloodless Carnage Back from the Dead Tempting Fate Male Frontal Nudity Psychological Thriller Pretty Little Headshots Mercy Kill Cool Guns Badass Bookworm Hero Antagonist He Who Fights Monsters The Bully Camp Gay Creepy Child Nice Job Breaking It, Hero! Bare Your Midriff Horror Comedy Take a Third Option It's Personal Dramedy One-Man Army All Girls Want Bad Boys Retired Badass Big "NO!" Narrator The Stoner Broken Aesop Improbable Weapon User Adaptational Villainy Flipping the Bird One Steve Limit It Can Think Expository Hairstyle Change Hope Spot Faux Affably Evil Amoral Attorney She Cleans Up Nicely Artistic License – Physics Tap on the Head Evil Is Hammy '80s Hair Sliding Scale of Idealism vs. Cynicism Red Oni, Blue Oni Interrupted Suicide Sinister Minister Flashback Big Bad Duumvirate Straight Gay Drill Sergeant Nasty Those Two Bad Guys Big Damn Heroes All Men Are Perverts Shoot the Shaggy Dog Never My Fault Our Vampires Are Different Face–Heel Turn Corpsing Cluster F-Bomb Never Trust a Trailer The Lost Lenore Riddle for the Ages Drowning My Sorrows Dies Wide Open The Oner All There in the Manual Important Haircut Your Head A-Splode The Mole Product Placement Central Theme No Celebrities Were Harmed Jitter Cam Death by Sex Sacrificial Lion Grey and Gray Morality Rousing Speech Heroic BSoD Word of God Blatant Lies Epic Movie Action Survivor Older Than They Look Bloodier and Gorier Eyepatch of Power Crapsack World Animal Motifs Sole Survivor Fish out of Water Gorn Jump Scare Expy The Brute The Load And the Adventure Continues Parental Neglect Punctuated! 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