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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Manly Tears Noodle Incident Taking the Bullet Wounded Gazelle Gambit Grey and Gray Morality Recycled IN SPACE! Empathic Environment Fat Bastard Breaking the Fourth Wall Punny Name Laughing Mad Face–Heel Turn Dark and Troubled Past Revenge Hero of Another Story Hong Kong Films Mama Bear Four-Temperament Ensemble Spanner in the Works Gory Discretion Shot Bar Brawl Major Injury Underreaction Coming-of-Age Story Sequel Escalation Mundane Made Awesome Only a Flesh Wound What the Hell, Hero? In Medias Res Loads and Loads of Characters Those Two Guys Never Trust a Trailer Daddy's Girl Cold-Blooded Torture German Films Sudden Sequel Death Syndrome Punch-Clock Villain Horror Films Evil vs. Evil Amoral Attorney Fish out of Water Those Wacky Nazis What Happened to the Mouse? 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