Tropescilloscope: Bring My Brown Pants
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Screw the Money, I Have Rules!
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My Greatest Failure
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All Just a Dream
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Evil Brit
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Better to Die than Be Killed
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A Father to His Men
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Re-Cut
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Madness Mantra
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Evil-Detecting Dog
Fatal Flaw
Evil Is Petty
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Credits Gag
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Blood from the Mouth
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No-Sell
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Obfuscating Stupidity
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Badass Longcoat
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The Alleged Car
In Medias Res
This Is Gonna Suck
How We Got Here
Tagline
Half the Man He Used to Be
Distracted by the Sexy
Neck Lift
Failed a Spot Check
Reality Is Unrealistic
Ambiguously Gay
Here We Go Again!
Hero of Another Story
My Beloved Smother
Big Eater