Tropescilloscope: Break the Haughty

Arrogant asshole goes through hell. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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I Want My Beloved to Be Happy Shout-Out Works Set in World War II Evil Is Hammy Face Death with Dignity Extreme Doormat Action Girl Killed Mid-Sentence Important Haircut Adaptational Heroism Room Full of Crazy No-Sell Hate Sink Rasputinian Death Chuck Cunningham Syndrome Token Minority Curb-Stomp Battle The Bad Guy Wins Cloudcuckoolander Precision F-Strike Would Hit a Girl Punny Name Break the Cutie Everyone Has Standards Insult Backfire Ambiguous Disorder A Father to His Men Insistent Terminology Reality Has No Subtitles La Résistance Nice Hat Adaptation Expansion Spell My Name with an "S" Corrupt Corporate Executive This Is Gonna Suck Wham Line Grey and Gray Morality Children Are Innocent Anachronic Order Lampshade Hanging Bunny-Ears Lawyer "Where Are They Now?" Epilogue Call-Forward Offscreen Moment of Awesome Gratuitous English Closed Circle Continuity Nod Cluster F-Bomb Redemption Equals Death Amoral Attorney Oh, Crap! 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