Tropescilloscope: Becoming the Mask

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Fourth Date Marriage Authority Equals Asskicking Slap-Slap-Kiss Extreme Doormat A Father to His Men Not So Stoic Due to the Dead Pretty Little Headshots The Un-Reveal Villain Song Never Found the Body Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy Intrepid Reporter Scenery Porn Determinator Daddy's Girl Real Life Writes the Plot Naked People Are Funny All for Nothing The Mole Broken Pedestal Dark Is Not Evil Back from the Dead She Cleans Up Nicely Catch-Phrase Mexican Standoff Red Oni, Blue Oni Left the Background Music On As the Good Book Says... Spared by the Adaptation Despair Event Horizon Freudian Excuse Bald of Evil Never Trust a Trailer Eureka Moment Ominous Latin Chanting Implacable Man Historical Hero Upgrade Bitch in Sheep's Clothing All Just a Dream Fake Shemp Dogged Nice Guy Central Theme Dumb Blonde Soft Glass Getting Crap Past the Radar folderlabel Establishing Character Moment Bolivian Army Ending Anti-Villain Screw the Rules, I Have Money! The End... Or Is It? 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Is a Crapshoot Toilet Humour aka: Toilet Humor Sanity Slippage Reality Ensues The Great Depression Mama Bear The '90s Romantic False Lead Match Cut Disney Death Babies Ever After Mind Screw Martial Arts Movie Frame-Up Bottomless Magazines Fate Worse than Death Ghost Fiction Our Zombies Are Different Fiery Redhead Jack Bauer Interrogation Technique Rated M for Manly Ax-Crazy I Want My Beloved to Be Happy Double Entendre Meaningful Background Event Dirty Coward Greater-Scope Villain Hero of Another Story Pragmatic Villainy Affectionate Parody Product Placement The Atoner Villain Opening Scene Kill 'em All Dwindling Party Shirtless Scene Pay Evil unto Evil As Long as It Sounds Foreign Our Vampires Are Different Light Is Not Good Undying Loyalty Big Brother Instinct Say My Name Sudden Sequel Death Syndrome Face Death with Dignity Drugs Are Bad The Mafia Adult Fear Sassy Black Woman Artistic License – History Break the Haughty Big Damn Heroes Did Not Get the Girl Evil Sounds Deep War Is Hell Blackmail Shut Up, Hannibal! 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Interrupted Suicide Five-Man Band Woman Scorned Male Frontal Nudity Redemption Equals Death Really Gets Around Laughing Mad Determinator aka: The Determinator Berserk Button Small Name, Big Ego Wretched Hive Evil-Detecting Dog Armor-Piercing Question Bloodless Carnage Badass Bookworm Double-Meaning Title Call-Forward Chekhov's Gun Based on a True Story Demonic Possession Unspoken Plan Guarantee Superhero Ass Shove The Load One Steve Limit Works Set in World War II Pre-Asskicking One-Liner Star-Crossed Lovers Ascended Extra Psychological Thriller Continuity Nod Ship Tease Fatal Family Photo Captain Obvious The Un-Favourite aka: The Un Favorite Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right! Badass in a Nice Suit Title Drop Sequel Hook Chekhov's Gunman Improbable Aiming Skills Badass Boast Rule of Symbolism Foreshadowing Air-Vent Passageway Music Stories Villain Ball Mistaken for Gay Artistic License – Military Anachronic Order Mundane Made Awesome Red Shirt Darkest Hour Badass Grandpa Genre Shift Loophole Abuse Anti-Hero I Have Your Wife Morality Pet Never My Fault O.O.C. 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Pragmatic Adaptation British Films Throwing Your Sword Always Works All Girls Want Bad Boys Mythology Gag Blood from the Mouth MacGuffin Blatant Lies Offscreen Teleportation The Voiceless The Ace Ragtag Bunch of Misfits Nice Guy Spanner in the Works Evil Plan Depraved Bisexual Oh, Crap! Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds Random Events Plot Loads and Loads of Characters Contrived Coincidence Advertised Extra "Shaggy Dog" Story Dropped a Bridge on Him Only One Name He Who Fights Monsters Gender Flip Word of God Those Wacky Nazis Well-Intentioned Extremist "Well Done, Son!" Guy Fan Disservice Soundtrack Dissonance Vampire Fiction Training Montage Stylistic Suck Arch-Enemy Heel Realization Cluster F-Bomb Arranged Marriage Scenery Gorn Evil Counterpart Reasonable Authority Figure Pyrrhic Victory Real Life No Good Deed Goes Unpunished Leave the Camera Running Redshirt Army Crucified Hero Shot Adorkable Becoming the Mask Kick the Son of a Bitch Precision F-Strike The '60s Sir Not-Appearing-in-This-Trailer French Films Historical Villain Upgrade Love at First Sight Meet Cute Downer Ending It's All About Me Rich Bitch Straight Gay Asshole Victim Not So Above It All The Lancer Riddle for the Ages Beauty Is Never Tarnished I Just Shot Marvin in the Face My Greatest Failure Eye Scream Skewed Priorities Evil Is Hammy Parental Incest Irony Defiant to the End Men Are the Expendable Gender Bad "Bad Acting" Heroic BSoD Improbable Infant Survival aka: Infant Immortality Hypocrite Took a Level in Badass Retirony Kick the Dog Big-Bad Ensemble Setting Update Time Skip Stealth Hi/Bye No Antagonist Early-Bird Cameo Made of Explodium Abusive Parents Deadpan Snarker Half the Man He Used to Be Unresolved Sexual Tension He Knows Too Much Bare Your Midriff Horror Films Self-Deprecation Funny Foreigner Nice Job Breaking It, Hero! Villain Protagonist Reckless Gun Usage Chase Scene Spiritual Successor You Have Got to Be Kidding Me! Psycho for Hire Dramatic Gun Cock Tempting Fate Would Hit a Girl Off-into-the-Distance Ending Accidental Murder Action Girl Gory Discretion Shot Karmic Death Guns Akimbo Badass Normal Woman in White Be Careful What You Wish For What Happened to the Mouse? 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Anguished Declaration of Love Faking the Dead Evil Laugh Protagonist Title Unreliable Narrator The Starscream Heroes Want Redheads Affably Evil Curb-Stomp Battle Eagleland Vomit Discretion Shot Beard of Evil Mood Whiplash Scary Black Man Evil vs. Evil Arc Words Narrator Hypocritical Humor Monumental Damage Get Out! Fantastic Racism Cassandra Truth B-Movie Jitter Cam Gainax Ending Lampshade Hanging I'm a Humanitarian Animated Credits Opening Adults Are Useless Femme Fatale Taking You with Me