Tropescilloscope: Break the Cutie

A sweet, lovable character is put through hell. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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Intrepid Reporter Does Not Like Shoes Badass in a Nice Suit Bond One-Liner Bar Brawl Bilingual Bonus Shipper on Deck Department of Redundancy Department Alliterative Name Distracted by the Sexy No-Holds-Barred Beatdown Evil Is Hammy Kill It with Fire Scenery Gorn Made of Explodium No OSHA Compliance An Aesop Deconstruction Monumental Damage Silence Is Golden The Vamp Rule of Three Death by Irony As You Know Break the Haughty Men Are the Expendable Gender Neck Lift Wicked Cultured Downer Ending Blackmail Meaningful Name Card-Carrying Villain Betty and Veronica Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking Antagonist Title Manic Pixie Dream Girl Mr. Fanservice Recycled IN SPACE! 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Dark Is Not Evil Contrived Coincidence Toilet Humour aka: Toilet Humor NO INDOOR VOICE The '70s Same Language Dub Anyone Can Die Almost Kiss Captain Obvious Jerkass Has a Point Serial Killer Obviously Evil You Killed My Father Sports Stories Random Events Plot In Name Only Retirony Canadian Movies Fatal Family Photo Guile Hero Fainting Disproportionate Retribution Papa Wolf Man on Fire Evil vs. Evil Becoming the Mask All There in the Manual Reasonable Authority Figure