Tropescilloscope: Crazy-Prepared

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Closed Circle It's Personal Bloodier and Gorier Kill It with Fire Hoist by His Own Petard Intrepid Reporter Scary Black Man Based on a True Story Paper-Thin Disguise Film Noir Screw the Money, I Have Rules! 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Or Is It? The Dragon Action Genre Serious Business Henpecked Husband She Cleans Up Nicely Film Series Historical-Domain Character Captain Obvious Artistic License – Biology Very Loosely Based on a True Story Shell-Shocked Veteran Take a Third Option Chekhov's Gunman Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking Arranged Marriage British Films Your Head A-Splode Shut Up, Hannibal! Card-Carrying Villain Knight Templar Stealth Pun Time Skip Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas Mood Whiplash Bullying a Dragon Action Prologue Bury Your Gays Costume Porn Corrupt Corporate Executive Handicapped Badass Colour-Coded for Your Convenience aka: Color Coded For Your Convenience Evil Sounds Deep Suspiciously Similar Substitute Fourth Date Marriage Imagine Spot Adaptational Badass Ax-Crazy The Alleged Car Disproportionate Retribution Nice Hat Artistic License – Military Breaking the Fourth Wall Oh, Crap! 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Brutal Honesty Jerk Jock Air-Vent Passageway The Remake "Well Done, Son!" Guy Evil Counterpart Wounded Gazelle Gambit Dumb Blonde Sir Swears-a-Lot NO INDOOR VOICE Make It Look Like an Accident Police are Useless Continuity Nod Large Ham Dark Action Girl "Awesome McCool" Name Sanity Slippage Parental Abandonment Martial Arts Movie Lighter and Softer Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold Fate Worse than Death Rousing Speech Leave the Camera Running Flashback Berserk Button Damsel in Distress Canon Foreigner Final Girl The Bully Distracted by the Sexy Epic Movie As You Know Break the Haughty "Shaggy Dog" Story Beta Couple A God Am I Sinister Minister Crazy-Prepared Recycled IN SPACE! 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