Tropescilloscope: Cloudcuckoolander

An oddball character who lives in their own little world. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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They Really Do Love Each Other A Father to His Men Anyone Can Die Hoist by His Own Petard Didn't Think This Through For Want of a Nail Meaningful Echo Token Minority Cluster F-Bomb Not So Different Running Gag Rule of Symbolism Ambiguous Disorder Pyrrhic Victory Heroic Sacrifice Big Eater Advertised Extra Destination Defenestration Redemption Equals Death All Men Are Perverts Dramatic Irony Black Best Friend Man on Fire An Axe to Grind Credits Gag Enemy Mine Death by Adaptation Retired Badass Corpsing Fate Worse than Death Developing Doomed Characters Slap-Slap-Kiss Determinator Fan Disservice Faking the Dead Pretty in Mink Implacable Man Impaled with Extreme Prejudice Papa Wolf Gorn Dramedy Precision F-Strike Famous Last Words Determinator aka: The Determinator Brick Joke The Voiceless Recycled IN SPACE! Victoria's Secret Compartment Mercy Kill Chiaroscuro Screw the Rules, I Have Money! Kick the Dog Sinister Minister Wicked Cultured Deliberate Values Dissonance Contrived Coincidence