Tropescilloscope: Corpsing

Cracking up while trying to keep a straight face. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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Star-Crossed Lovers Foil Action Genre The Dreaded Alpha Bitch Leitmotif Shower Scene Ms. Fanservice Broken Pedestal Defrosting Ice Queen Bar Brawl Anti-Hero Re-Cut Playing Gertrude Bond Villain Stupidity Fingore Kubrick Stare Henpecked Husband Even Evil Has Loved Ones Brutal Honesty Papa Wolf Slasher Movie The Place Amoral Attorney War Is Hell Scenery Gorn Bavarian Fire Drill Obstructive Bureaucrat Continuity Nod No OSHA Compliance Redemption Equals Death Adaptational Badass Neck Lift Screw the Money, I Have Rules! Arch-Enemy The Cavalry Bury Your Gays Video Credits Brainless Beauty Award-Bait Song A God Am I Department of Redundancy Department One-Man Army Man on Fire "Where Are They Now?" 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