Tropescilloscope: Attempted Rape
A rapist attempts to rape someone else, but gets violently stopped just in time. (read more at tvtropes.org)
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How We Got Here
Shut Up, Hannibal!
Needs Wiki Magic Love
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Only in It for the Money
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Missing Mom
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Only a Flesh Wound
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As You Know
Take a Third Option
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Does This Remind You of Anything?
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And the Adventure Continues
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Smoking Is Cool
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Only One Name
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I Did What I Had to Do
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