Tropescilloscope: Catapult Nightmare

Flinging right up or falling out of bed after a Nightmare Sequence. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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Broken Aesop Toilet Humour aka: Toilet Humor From Bad to Worse Flipping the Bird Artistic License – Geography Punctuated! For! Emphasis! N-Word Privileges The Casanova Adults Are Useless Would Hurt a Child Television Movie Index Artistic License – Biology Spell My Name with an "S" The X of Y Rule of Symbolism Artistic License – Gun Safety And I Must Scream Faking the Dead The Ghost Driven to Suicide Deliberate Values Dissonance Rewatch Bonus Casting Gag Aww, Look! 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