Tropescilloscope: Brutal Honesty

Honest truth hurts. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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My Beloved Smother Cat Scare Ghost Fiction Outrun the Fireball Drowning My Sorrows Heel Realization Instant Death Bullet Kill It with Fire Sequel Hook Freeze-Frame Bonus Running Gag Intergenerational Friendship The Vamp Chiaroscuro Sir Swears-a-Lot Asshole Victim Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold Moment Killer Jitter Cam Sports Stories Mexican Standoff Facial Horror Disproportionate Retribution Back from the Dead Fish out of Water Took a Level in Badass Politically Incorrect Villain Insistent Terminology Bowdlerise Evil Is Petty Rasputinian Death Made of Explodium The Cavalry Badass Grandpa Mr. Fanservice Hong Kong Films The Voiceless Stuff Blowing Up Captain Ersatz Serial Killer The Quiet One Not So Above It All Department of Redundancy Department Why Did It Have to Be Snakes? 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Is Serious Business French Films Action Survivor Race Lift Punch-Clock Villain Foregone Conclusion Dirty Cop True Companions Implacable Man The Atoner The Casanova Shell-Shocked Veteran Punny Name I'm a Humanitarian Knife Nut Lighter and Softer The Un-Favourite aka: The Un Favorite Half the Man He Used to Be Manchild This Is Gonna Suck Ascended Extra Hypocritical Humor Unwitting Instigator of Doom Fanservice Extra Bavarian Fire Drill Very Loosely Based on a True Story Black Comedy Make It Look Like an Accident Film Noir Index Domestic Abuse Rule of Cool Badass Longcoat Bittersweet Ending Handicapped Badass Bottomless Magazines Drives Like Crazy Logo Joke Historical-Domain Character Bond Villain Stupidity Overprotective Dad The Ace Cowboy Cop Male Gaze Not Quite Dead Took a Level in Jerkass Hero of Another Story The '70s Bi the Way Ungrateful Bastard Improvised Weapon Major Injury Underreaction Anachronism Stew Dutch Angle Downer Ending Tempting Fate Brainless Beauty Alas, Poor Villain Insult Backfire Red Right Hand Pay Evil unto Evil Playing Gertrude Slasher Smile All Girls Want Bad Boys Mystery and Detective Films Sassy Black Woman Science Fiction Films All There in the Script Only One Name Hollywood Darkness Fanservice Henpecked Husband Expository Hairstyle Change Suspiciously Similar Substitute Character Development Neck Snap Sole Survivor In Medias Res Destination Defenestration Bald of Evil Bland-Name Product An Axe to Grind Smoking Is Cool Grey and Gray Morality Blatant Lies You Have Outlived Your Usefulness Catch-Phrase Defrosting Ice Queen Chekhov's Skill Big Bad Pun aka: Incredibly Lame Pun Nothing Is Scarier Bait-and-Switch The Place Visual Pun Really Gets Around Disney Villain Death Boom, Headshot! 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