Tropescilloscope: Artistic License – Geography

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Epilogue Serious Business Say My Name Slasher Smile Easily Forgiven Implacable Man Happily Married Fantastic Racism Captain Ersatz Reality Has No Subtitles Anti-Villain Protagonist Title Sadistic Choice The Casanova Epic Fail Gold Digger Toplessness from the Back Framing Device Broken Pedestal Empathic Environment Brother–Sister Incest Funny Background Event Recycled IN SPACE! Greater-Scope Villain Dark Reprise Hoist by His Own Petard Horror Doesn't Settle for Simple Tuesday Whole Plot Reference The Atoner Anachronic Order Hypocritical Humor Award-Bait Song Mama Bear Children Are Innocent Hooker with a Heart of Gold Anyone Can Die Heterosexual Life-Partners Does This Remind You of Anything? Black Comedy Rape Evil Is Hammy Camp Gay Driven to Suicide The Place Boom, Headshot! 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