Tropescilloscope: Cain and Abel

Sibling rivalry turns into bitter hatred with murderous intent. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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Martial Arts Movie Yandere Bolivian Army Ending Reality Ensues Ambiguous Disorder Redemption Equals Death Parental Abandonment Very Loosely Based on a True Story Break the Haughty Have a Gay Old Time The Lost Lenore Gratuitous English Cain and Abel As the Good Book Says... Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right! Screw the Rules, I Have Money! Crucified Hero Shot Only in It for the Money Daddy's Girl Major Injury Underreaction Chekhov's Gunman Stuff Blowing Up Instant Death Bullet Stealth Hi/Bye The '60s Here We Go Again! 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Deus ex Machina Disney Death Parental Neglect Interrupted Suicide Police are Useless Setting Update More Dakka Mooks Dark Action Girl The Voiceless Suspiciously Similar Substitute Anachronic Order No Good Deed Goes Unpunished Evil Sounds Deep Random Events Plot Brutal Honesty Chuck Cunningham Syndrome Translation Convention Police Brutality Author Avatar Death Glare Better to Die than Be Killed Roger Ebert: Great Movies List Tagline Jack Bauer Interrogation Technique All There in the Manual Contrived Coincidence Historical Hero Upgrade Christmas Movies Index Fun with Acronyms For Want of a Nail Mind Screw Action Genre Same Language Dub Babies Ever After Half the Man He Used to Be Reality Has No Subtitles One-Word Title Creative Closing Credits Cruel and Unusual Death Depraved Bisexual Nice Hat Manchild Bi the Way Bond One-Liner Red Right Hand Aww, Look! 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Pay Evil unto Evil Adaptational Heroism Laughing Mad Cool Old Lady Room Full of Crazy Thriller Fatal Flaw Face–Heel Turn Artistic License – Gun Safety Affably Evil Drill Sergeant Nasty Badass in a Nice Suit Large Ham Catapult Nightmare Mr. Fanservice Fiery Redhead The Smart Guy Stealth Pun Does Not Like Shoes The Bully The '80s Nice Guy Camp Gay Retirony Wounded Gazelle Gambit Didn't Think This Through BFG Artistic License – Law Hero Antagonist Nothing Is Scarier She's Got Legs Only a Flesh Wound Vitriolic Best Buds Black Dude Dies First Mercy Kill Sadistic Choice Kick the Dog MacGuffin Unspoken Plan Guarantee Really Gets Around Super Strength Not Quite Dead Back from the Dead Villain Ball Not Using the "Z" Word Pretty in Mink Pre-Mortem One-Liner Bad "Bad Acting" Demonic Possession The Stinger Mr. Exposition Action Girl Obstructive Bureaucrat Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping Historical In-Joke Aside Glance "Awesome McCool" Name Take That! Russian Films Not So Different Chekhov's Skill Roaring Rampage of Revenge Humans Are Bastards Death of a Child Destination Defenestration Blackmail Stalker with a Crush Love Triangle Sinister Minister Spanner in the Works Fourth Date Marriage Tranquil Fury Extremely Short Timespan The Sociopath Hypocrite Camera Abuse Hooker with a Heart of Gold Wrong Genre Savvy Bloodless Carnage Worthy Opponent You Have Got to Be Kidding Me! Asshole Victim Jump Scare Everyone Has Standards Handicapped Badass Gone Horribly Right Training Montage Intergenerational Friendship A.I. Is a Crapshoot Off-into-the-Distance Ending Children Are Innocent Auto Erotica Mystery and Detective Films Sliding Scale of Idealism vs. Cynicism '80s Hair Film Noir Storming the Castle Dwindling Party Country Matters Names to Run Away from Really Fast Bowdlerise Evil Cannot Comprehend Good Frame-Up Suddenly SHOUTING! 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