Tropescilloscope: Bowdlerise

The removal of "questionable" elements from media. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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The Big Guy The Un-Favourite aka: The Un Favorite Sadistic Choice Big-Bad Ensemble Meaningful Background Event Slap-Slap-Kiss Gory Discretion Shot The Vamp Pre-Mortem One-Liner Even Evil Has Standards Ghost Fiction Cool Guns Dutch Angle Evil-Detecting Dog Homage I'm a Humanitarian The Casanova Roger Ebert: Great Movies List Badass Normal The Ditz Paper-Thin Disguise Romantic Comedy Stock Footage Only One Name Drugs Are Bad Historical-Domain Character The Faceless Heroic Sacrifice Epic Movie The Stoner Card-Carrying Villain Dumb Blonde Fingore The Mafia Vampire Fiction All Girls Want Bad Boys Almost Kiss Badass Longcoat Freeze-Frame Bonus Manchild Took a Level in Badass Hollywood Darkness Foil Shoot the Shaggy Dog The Dog Bites Back Bare Your Midriff Loads and Loads of Characters Intrepid Reporter Greater-Scope Villain Race Lift Cool Car The Remake Affectionate Parody I Want My Beloved to Be Happy Leitmotif Adaptation Expansion Not So Different Does This Remind You of Anything? 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Scary Black Man Big Brother Instinct Never My Fault Karma Houdini Dirty Cop Neck Snap Evil Counterpart Artistic License – Geography All for Nothing Pragmatic Adaptation The Oner The Smart Guy The Cameo The Chessmaster Word of God Death by Sex Dark Is Not Evil Dirty Coward Central Theme Very Loosely Based on a True Story Mad Scientist Ms. Fanservice Unwitting Instigator of Doom Cool Shades Unreliable Narrator Mind Screw Five-Man Band Nice Job Breaking It, Hero! 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