Tropescilloscope: Deal with the Devil

A deal that grants you your heart's desire, at a horrible price. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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Pre-Mortem One-Liner Novelization Crazy Jealous Guy A Minor Kidroduction Dull Surprise Call-Forward Slasher Movie Parental Substitute Awesome, but Impractical Groin Attack Shower Scene Henpecked Husband Here We Go Again! Ambiguously Gay Chase Scene Market-Based Title You Have Outlived Your Usefulness Tempting Fate My Greatest Failure Meaningful Name Daylight Horror Never My Fault Fantasy Films Jerkass Has a Point NO INDOOR VOICE Spell My Name with an "S" Sanity Slippage Mind Screw Non-Indicative Name Suspiciously Specific Denial Bury Your Gays Fantastic Racism Covers Always Lie Badass Grandpa Green-Eyed Monster Adults Are Useless Idiot Ball Ambiguous Disorder Fun with Acronyms Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane Video Credits folderlabel Screw the Money, I Have Rules! 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Epilogue Outrun the Fireball Hair-Trigger Temper Loads and Loads of Characters As Himself Sequel Hook Science Fiction Films Mugging the Monster Arc Words Loophole Abuse Five-Man Band Everyone Has Standards The Mole Cool Car Redshirt Army Improbable Weapon User Our Zombies Are Different Shell-Shocked Veteran Bound and Gagged Sci-Fi Horror Ugly Guy, Hot Wife Ungrateful Bastard All There in the Script Evil Counterpart Vacation Films Horror Films Continuity Nod Married to the Job Curse Cut Short Accidental Murder The Load Badass in a Nice Suit Early-Bird Cameo Faking the Dead Made of Explodium Punch-Clock Villain Agony of the Feet The Bad Guy Wins Refuge in Audacity The Starscream Cool Shades The Remake The Alleged Car Badass Longcoat Male Frontal Nudity Big "NO!" Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right! 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