Tropescilloscope: Batman Gambit

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Guy "The Reason You Suck" Speech Poor Communication Kills Artistic License – Law Unwitting Instigator of Doom Mooks Recap / RiffTrax aka: Riff Trax Movies Redshirt Army The Faceless Superhero Major Injury Underreaction Stock Footage Friend to All Children Fingore Ascended Extra Make It Look Like an Accident The Reveal Even Evil Has Loved Ones Ambiguous Disorder Twist Ending Does Not Like Shoes Mr. Exposition The Dragon Dogged Nice Guy Cowboy Cop German Films The Chick Screw the Rules, I Have Money! Faking the Dead Beauty Is Never Tarnished Fat Bastard Easily Forgiven Green-Eyed Monster Victoria's Secret Compartment Historical In-Joke Impaled with Extreme Prejudice Aww, Look! They Really Do Love Each Other Death of a Child Sadistic Choice Blood Knight Disguised in Drag The Load Call-Back Riddle for the Ages Dirty Coward Take That! 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Determinator aka: The Determinator Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass As Himself Auto Erotica Kick the Son of a Bitch Contrived Coincidence Death by Sex Grey and Gray Morality Cold-Blooded Torture Final Girl The Big Guy Homage Rule of Cool Italian Films Action Film, Quiet Drama Scene Cruel and Unusual Death Half the Man He Used to Be Chiaroscuro Shipper on Deck Intergenerational Friendship Would Hurt a Child Punch-Clock Villain Bury Your Gays Roger Ebert: Great Movies List Honor Before Reason Moment Killer Drill Sergeant Nasty Russian Films Parental Abandonment Cloudcuckoolander Slasher Smile An Aesop Gold Digger Hate Sink Fan Disservice Paper-Thin Disguise Berserk Button This Is Gonna Suck Evil Is Hammy Never My Fault I Have Your Wife No-Sell No Antagonist Heel–Face Turn Shoot the Shaggy Dog Sinister Minister A God Am I Bilingual Bonus There Is No Kill Like Overkill Earn Your Happy Ending Ghost Fiction Chuck Cunningham Syndrome Femme Fatale Horror Comedy Dirty Cop Loads and Loads of Characters Rich Bitch War Is Hell Guns Akimbo Didn't Think This Through Historical Villain Upgrade NO INDOOR VOICE Smug Snake Dwindling Party Stuff Blowing Up Dark Reprise Spell My Name with an "S" More Dakka Meet Cute The Atoner She Cleans Up Nicely Animated Credits Opening The Un-Favourite aka: The Un Favorite Butt-Monkey The End... 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Badass Bookworm Toplessness from the Back Rewatch Bonus Wounded Gazelle Gambit Sanity Slippage An Axe to Grind Flashback In Medias Res Call-Forward The Bully Author Avatar Say My Name Manic Pixie Dream Girl Eldritch Abomination Works Set in World War II Air-Vent Passageway Spared by the Adaptation Bloodless Carnage Face–Heel Turn Chekhov's Gunman Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep" Villain with Good Publicity Same Language Dub Brick Joke Time Skip Unresolved Sexual Tension Bare Your Midriff Dramatic Irony Smoking Is Cool The Great Depression Dissonant Serenity Villain Ball A Father to His Men Ungrateful Bastard Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold Evil Is Petty Put on a Bus Abhorrent Admirer Shown Their Work Visual Pun Adaptation Name Change Deus ex Machina Evil Cannot Comprehend Good Chewing the Scenery Took a Level in Jerkass Sequel Hook Bland-Name Product The Hero Brutal Honesty Spanner in the Works Crazy Jealous Guy Department of Redundancy Department All There in the Manual Eureka Moment May–December Romance Film Series Married to the Job Funny Background Event I Need a Freaking Drink Leaning on the Fourth Wall Pragmatic Adaptation Credits Gag Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds The Chessmaster Pyrrhic Victory Toilet Humour aka: Toilet Humor Agony of the Feet B-Movie Wham Line Becoming the Mask Kick the Dog Gainax Ending Whole Plot Reference Adaptation Expansion Screw This, I'm Outta Here! "Where Are They Now?" Epilogue Cat Fight Psycho for Hire Colour-Coded for Your Convenience aka: Color Coded For Your Convenience Tranquil Fury Funny Foreigner Interrupted Suicide Kill It with Fire Rule of Three Real Life Writes the Plot All Girls Want Bad Boys Madness Mantra Early-Bird Cameo Older Than They Look Chase Scene Meaningful Name Evil vs. Evil Drives Like Crazy Mexican Standoff Slashed Throat Eiffel Tower Effect Back from the Dead timeperiod Laughing Mad Hong Kong Films Pre-Mortem One-Liner Better to Die than Be Killed Rule of Funny Bullying a Dragon For the Evulz Anguished Declaration of Love Unreliable Narrator Shirtless Scene Chekhov's Gun Horror Doesn't Settle for Simple Tuesday Early Installment Weirdness Hooker with a Heart of Gold Crapsack World Fourth Date Marriage Those Two Guys Card-Carrying Villain Fiery Redhead Naked People Are Funny Authority Equals Asskicking Serial Killer The X of Y Film Noir All There in the Script He Who Fights Monsters The Stoner And the Adventure Continues Punny Name From Bad to Worse Light Is Not Good Badass in a Nice Suit No Celebrities Were Harmed Overly Long Gag Evil Plan Genre Savvy Death by Adaptation Conspicuous CG Adults Are Useless Evil-Detecting Dog Frame-Up Asshole Victim The Remake Reality Ensues Unusually Uninteresting Sight Sir Swears-a-Lot Manchild Jerk Jock Retirony Daylight Horror Gorn Eye Scream Plot Hole Jerkass Peek-a-Boo Corpse Anachronic Order Psychological Thriller You Killed My Father Too Dumb to Live Abusive Parents Obviously Evil Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas Suspiciously Similar Substitute Historical Hero Upgrade Pimped-Out Dress The Alleged Car No OSHA Compliance Knight Templar Jump Scare Protagonist Title Wrong Genre Savvy Straight Gay Action Genre Depraved Bisexual Woman in White Aluminum Christmas Trees Captain Obvious Really Gets Around You Have Failed Me A.I. 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Award-Bait Song Five-Man Band Vampire Fiction Body Horror In Name Only Badass Longcoat Corrupt Corporate Executive Badass Grandpa Overprotective Dad A Minor Kidroduction Good Is Not Nice BFG Red Oni, Blue Oni Disney Villain Death Defiant to the End The Mafia Reality Has No Subtitles The Cameo Neck Lift Rule of Symbolism Killed Mid-Sentence Insistent Terminology I'm a Humanitarian Dressing as the Enemy Spiteful Spit Ms. Fanservice Parental Incest Alliterative Name Stalker with a Crush Children Are Innocent Unspoken Plan Guarantee An Arm and a Leg Daddy's Girl Only in It for the Money And Starring Obstructive Bureaucrat Red Right Hand Jerkass Has a Point Pretty in Mink Retcon Establishing Character Moment Broken Aesop Amoral Attorney Match Cut Blonde, Brunette, Redhead Darkest Hour From Nobody to Nightmare Villain Opening Scene Punctuated! For! Emphasis! All for Nothing Immune to Bullets Maybe Ever After Fate Worse than Death Chekhov's Skill Neck Snap Danny Peary Cult Movies List Greater-Scope Villain Parental Substitute Death Glare Fainting Beard of Evil Morality Pet Silence Is Golden Made of Iron Re-Cut Scenery Gorn Coming-of-Age Story Made of Explodium Bad Boss Advertised Extra Slap-Slap-Kiss Video Credits Four-Temperament Ensemble Fatal Flaw Kill 'em All Implacable Man Antagonist Title Arranged Marriage Hypocritical Humor Pre-Asskicking One-Liner Black Dude Dies First Ass Shove Bad "Bad Acting" Armor-Piercing Question Deadpan Snarker You Have Got to Be Kidding Me! 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Bait-and-Switch Demoted to Extra Revenge