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Mooks Badass Longcoat All for Nothing My God, What Have I Done? Roaring Rampage of Revenge Death Seeker Scare Chord Bloody Hilarious Badass in a Nice Suit Improvised Weapon Combat Pragmatist Unusually Uninteresting Sight Blood Knight Alpha Bitch Obstructive Bureaucrat Retcon Hero of Another Story Due to the Dead Psychopathic Manchild Anti-Hero British Films Video Credits Not Quite Dead Hell Is That Noise Artistic License – Gun Safety Film Series Funny Background Event Chuck Cunningham Syndrome Award-Bait Song Disguised in Drag Mystery and Detective Films Dressing as the Enemy Documentary In the Back Alliterative Name Adapted Out Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds Off-into-the-Distance Ending Retirony Badass Normal German Films Sports Stories Foregone Conclusion Jerkass Twist Ending Token Minority Peek-a-Boo Corpse Aside Glance Off with His Head! 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