Tropescilloscope: Determinator

Never. Gives. UP. For anything. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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Artistic License – Physics Bowdlerise I Just Shot Marvin in the Face Canon Foreigner Insistent Terminology timeperiod Death by Irony No OSHA Compliance Henpecked Husband Nice Guy Batman Gambit Woman in White Green-Eyed Monster Jack Bauer Interrogation Technique Dramedy Only Known by Their Nickname Straight Gay Flashback Good Is Not Nice Slasher Movie Air-Vent Passageway Shipper on Deck Demoted to Extra Broken Pedestal Evil Counterpart Jerk Jock Off-into-the-Distance Ending Dressing as the Enemy Scare Chord Laughing Mad Kill It with Fire Leave the Camera Running Those Two Guys Tempting Fate Blood from the Mouth Brutal Honesty All Men Are Perverts Agony of the Feet Disney Villain Death Chuck Cunningham Syndrome Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping Chiaroscuro Aww, Look! 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Blood Knight Crazy Jealous Guy Hero of Another Story Determinator Our Zombies Are Different Real Life Age Lift Reality Is Unrealistic Slap-Slap-Kiss Those Wacky Nazis Break the Cutie Adapted Out Product Placement Would Hit a Girl Enemy Mine Genre Throwback All There in the Manual Smoking Is Cool Curb-Stomp Battle Defrosting Ice Queen Wrong Genre Savvy Colour-Coded for Your Convenience aka: Color Coded For Your Convenience 20 Minutes into the Future Better to Die than Be Killed Red Right Hand Deconstruction Dying Moment of Awesome No-Sell Tagline Cool Car Scary Black Man Film Noir O.O.C. Is Serious Business Alas, Poor Villain Mercy Kill "The Reason You Suck" Speech Training Montage Logo Joke Throwing Your Sword Always Works Empathic Environment Bare Your Midriff Fiery Redhead Adaptation Name Change Deliberately Monochrome The Un-Favourite aka: The Un Favorite