Tropescilloscope: Aluminum Christmas Trees

Sounds fictional, but does (or at least did) actually exist. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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Spanner in the Works All Girls Want Bad Boys Big Applesauce Rule of Cool Manipulative Bastard Woman in White Death Glare Madness Mantra Sequel Hook Arc Words Canon Foreigner Heroes Want Redheads It's All About Me An Axe to Grind Soft Glass Beauty Is Never Tarnished The '90s Vomit Indiscretion Shot Hero Antagonist Slashed Throat Would Hit a Girl Accidental Misnaming The Musical Blackmail Black Comedy Rape Breaking the Fourth Wall No-Sell Ironic Echo Toilet Humour aka: Toilet Humor Unusual Euphemism The Un-Favourite aka: The Un Favorite Narrator Off with His Head! 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