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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Silence Is Golden
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Jerkass
Double Entendre
Mythology Gag
This Is Gonna Suck
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Amusing Injuries
My God, What Have I Done?
All Girls Want Bad Boys
The Stoic
Betty and Veronica
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Punny Name
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Gone Horribly Right
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Half the Man He Used to Be
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Trailers Always Spoil
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It Will Never Catch On
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Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas
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Does This Remind You of Anything?
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Nice Job Fixing It, Villain!
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Fatal Family Photo
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Dark Is Not Evil
Love at First Sight
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The Reveal
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Recycled IN SPACE!
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Say My Name
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Names to Run Away from Really Fast
What the Hell, Hero?
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Even Evil Has Loved Ones
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It's All About Me
All Men Are Perverts
Cool Old Lady
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A God Am I
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Here We Go Again!
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Jerkass Has a Point
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Not What It Looks Like
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Kick the Dog
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Not Quite Dead
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Pet the Dog
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Drugs Are Bad
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I Need a Freaking Drink
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I Have Your Wife
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Pay Evil unto Evil
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Light Is Not Good
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One-Word Title
You Have Failed Me
Dirty Cop
Ripped from the Headlines
Worthy Opponent
Alpha Bitch
Badass Bookworm
The Dragon
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Stepford Smiler
Big Bad
Silent Movie
Mistaken for Gay
Break the Haughty
Leaning on the Fourth Wall
Cat Scare
I Want My Beloved to Be Happy
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Gold Digger
Advertised Extra
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Sequel Hook
Hope Spot
Only One Name
Belligerent Sexual Tension
Horror Comedy
No-Holds-Barred Beatdown
Bittersweet Ending
Good Is Not Nice
Soundtrack Dissonance
Bare Your Midriff
Smoking Is Cool
Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping
Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds
Sinister Minister
Faking the Dead
Room Full of Crazy
Only Known by Their Nickname
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How We Got Here
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Due to the Dead
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Not So Different
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Never Found the Body
Beauty Is Never Tarnished
Spared by the Adaptation
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Nothing Is Scarier
Red Eyes, Take Warning
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Exactly What It Says on the Tin
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Yandere
Laughing Mad
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Ugly Guy, Hot Wife
Agony of the Feet
Too Dumb to Live
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Your Cheating Heart
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Honor Before Reason
Five-Man Band
My Greatest Failure
Once More, with Clarity!
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Badass Longcoat
A Minor Kidroduction
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It's Personal
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No Name Given
Rousing Speech
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Air-Vent Passageway
Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane
Show Within a Show
Henpecked Husband
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Bland-Name Product
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Sassy Black Woman
Blood Knight
Drowning My Sorrows
Driven to Suicide
Greater-Scope Villain
MayDecember Romance
And the Adventure Continues
An Arm and a Leg
Body Horror
Imagine Spot
Becoming the Mask
Those Two Guys
Playing Gertrude
Exact Words
Mama Bear
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Hell Is That Noise
He Knows Too Much
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Artistic License Biology
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Red Oni, Blue Oni
The Bad Guy Wins
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Word of God
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Daddy's Girl
FaceHeel Turn
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Implacable Man
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Jerk with a Heart of Gold
Non-Indicative Name
Bowdlerise
Danny Peary Cult Movies List
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Badass in a Nice Suit
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Sir Not-Appearing-in-This-Trailer
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Four-Temperament Ensemble
Kubrick Stare
Meet Cute
Outrun the Fireball
Cassandra Truth
Shirtless Scene
Femme Fatale
Aluminum Christmas Trees
Cat Fight
From Bad to Worse
Unusual Euphemism
Creative Closing Credits
Ass Shove
Jitter Cam
BrotherSister Incest
The Ace
French Films
The Starscream
Blatant Lies
Hidden Depths
Covers Always Lie
The Un-Favourite
aka: The Un Favorite
Crazy-Prepared
Enemy Mine
Star-Crossed Lovers
The Place
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Missing Mom
Villain Song
Eyepatch of Power
Heroic Sacrifice
Very Loosely Based on a True Story
Oh, Crap!
Defiant to the End
Animal Motifs
Sir Swears-a-Lot
Film Noir
Kids Are Cruel
Humans Are Bastards
Black Comedy
Adorkable
All Just a Dream
Captain Obvious
Mad Scientist
Visual Pun
Dual Wielding