Tropescilloscope: Bolivian Army Ending
An unresolved cliffhanger with the characters facing impossible odds. (read more at tvtropes.org)
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No Name Given
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Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas
Naked People Are Funny
Face Death with Dignity
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Nice Job Breaking It, Hero!
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Knife Nut
Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane
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Important Haircut
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Be Careful What You Wish For
My Greatest Failure
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Shipper on Deck
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Anyone Can Die
Love at First Sight
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Made of Iron
In the Back
Black Best Friend
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All There in the Script
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Calling the Old Man Out
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Psycho for Hire
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Big Applesauce
Beware the Nice Ones
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Time Skip
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Would Hurt a Child
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Your Cheating Heart
Loads and Loads of Characters
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She's Got Legs
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Mundane Made Awesome
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Every Car Is a Pinto
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Screw This, I'm Outta Here!
Here We Go Again!
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Truth in Television
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Stuff Blowing Up
No Ending
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Flashback
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Together in Death
Children Are Innocent
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Pretty Little Headshots
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Evil Cannot Comprehend Good
I Have Your Wife
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Bloody Hilarious
The Power of Love
Non-Indicative Name
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I'm a Humanitarian
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Exactly What It Says on the Tin
Only One Name
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Star-Crossed Lovers
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Disney Villain Death
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Dark Is Not Evil
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Dark Reprise
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Police are Useless
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Homage
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Hero Antagonist
The Lost Lenore
Dirty Old Man
Becoming the Mask
Politically Incorrect Villain
Cool Old Lady
Never Found the Body
Corrupt Corporate Executive
Spiritual Successor
Badass Grandpa
Slap-Slap-Kiss
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The Hero Dies
Diabolus ex Machina
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Red Herring
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Gorn
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Cat Fight
Say My Name
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Screw the Rules, I Have Money!
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Blood from the Mouth
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Arranged Marriage
Bloodier and Gorier
Crazy-Prepared
Took a Level in Jerkass
Tap on the Head
Random Events Plot
The Dreaded
An Axe to Grind
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Cool Car
Posthumous Character
Chekhov's Gun
Heel Realization
Manipulative Bastard
He Knows Too Much
Hypocrite
Framing Device
Faux Affably Evil
Plucky Comic Relief
The '70s
Roger Ebert: Great Movies List
Foil
Girl-on-Girl Is Hot
Aluminum Christmas Trees
Male Gaze
Fatal Family Photo
No Celebrities Were Harmed
Break the Haughty
Psychological Thriller
Pyrrhic Victory
The Voiceless
One-Man Army
Cool Old Guy
Faking the Dead
Death Glare
Documentary
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Not So Above It All
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Disney Death
Manly Tears
The Sociopath
Conspicuous CG
Brainless Beauty
Awesome, but Impractical
Lampshade Hanging
Toplessness from the Back
Crapsack World
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I Did What I Had to Do
He Who Fights Monsters
Dark Action Girl
Nice Guy
Self-Deprecation
Missing Mom
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