Tropescilloscope: Chewing the Scenery

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Anti-Hero Handicapped Badass Bavarian Fire Drill Ambiguously Gay Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy Peek-a-Boo Corpse Diabolus ex Machina He Who Fights Monsters Awesome, but Impractical You Have Outlived Your Usefulness NO INDOOR VOICE Country Matters Cat Scare Beta Couple Time Skip The Lancer Arc Words "The Reason You Suck" Speech Establishing Character Moment Kick the Dog The Dreaded Batman Gambit Death by Sex Outrun the Fireball No Celebrities Were Harmed Artistic License – Geography As the Good Book Says... Funny Foreigner She Cleans Up Nicely Pretty Little Headshots The Smart Guy Reality Has No Subtitles Disguised in Drag Well-Intentioned Extremist Grey and Gray Morality The Faceless Kids Are Cruel Smoking Is Cool And Starring Only Known by Their Nickname French Films Downer Ending Race Lift Off-into-the-Distance Ending Artistic License – Law Rated M for Manly Reality Is Unrealistic Let's Get Dangerous! 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