Tropescilloscope: Covers Always Lie

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More Tropes Shoot the Shaggy Dog Animal Motifs Arch-Enemy Corrupt Corporate Executive Defiant to the End Due to the Dead Greater-Scope Villain Mr. Fanservice Karma Houdini Manchild Suddenly SHOUTING! He Knows Too Much Show Within a Show Trailers Always Spoil Married to the Job Woman in White Ship Tease Final Girl The Oner Not What It Looks Like Logo Joke The Bad Guy Wins Love Triangle The Stinger Author Avatar Romantic False Lead Police are Useless Shipper on Deck Camera Abuse Cruel and Unusual Death Spiteful Spit Cold-Blooded Torture Authority Equals Asskicking Evil Laugh Poor Communication Kills British Films Early Installment Weirdness Fish out of Water Anachronism Stew Novelization Dying Moment of Awesome And Starring Rich Bitch Once More, with Clarity! Screw the Rules, I Have Money! 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Or Is It? 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Undying Loyalty Parental Abandonment Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right! An Aesop Sassy Black Woman Dull Surprise Hope Spot Real Life Dual Wielding Cool Old Guy Too Dumb to Live There Is No Kill Like Overkill Peek-a-Boo Corpse Man on Fire Ironic Echo Beard of Evil Biopic Mugging the Monster Be Careful What You Wish For Adapted Out Ripped from the Headlines Pun aka: Incredibly Lame Pun Intergenerational Friendship Anti-Hero Badass in a Nice Suit Does Not Like Shoes Bolivian Army Ending Serial Killer Broken Pedestal Bald of Evil Race Lift Bad "Bad Acting" Not Quite Dead All Just a Dream Anachronic Order More Dakka Dissonant Serenity Christmas Movies Index Love at First Sight Get Out! 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