Tropescilloscope: Celebrity Paradox

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Dropped a Bridge on Him Kick the Son of a Bitch Guile Hero Sports Stories Slashed Throat Neck Lift Imagine Spot Spanner in the Works The Voiceless Overprotective Dad Smoking Is Cool Paper-Thin Disguise Daddy's Girl The X of Y Freeze-Frame Bonus Red Herring Danny Peary Cult Movies List Enemy Mine Intrepid Reporter Italian Films Ms. Fanservice May–December Romance Country Matters Evil Plan NO INDOOR VOICE Not Using the "Z" Word Shower Scene Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass Ugly Guy, Hot Wife Left the Background Music On Self-Deprecation Bound and Gagged Driven to Suicide It's Personal Jump Scare Cloudcuckoolander Disappeared Dad The '90s Heel–Face Turn Alpha Bitch Science Fiction Films Totally Radical Running Gag Pragmatic Villainy Screw This, I'm Outta Here! Determinator aka: The Determinator Funny Background Event Combat Pragmatist Even Evil Has Standards Jerk Jock Creator Cameo Pre-Mortem One-Liner Take That! 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