Tropescilloscope: Every Car Is a Pinto

Hollywood cars catch fire and/or explode when badly damaged. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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Not So Stoic Nice Hat Disguised in Drag Good Is Not Nice Freeze-Frame Bonus The Cavalry Big Bad Duumvirate Made of Explodium Bilingual Bonus Canadian Movies Mistaken for Gay Badass Longcoat Chuck Cunningham Syndrome Cruel and Unusual Death Improbable Aiming Skills Needs Wiki Magic Love Brother–Sister Incest Improbable Weapon User Take That! Nothing Is Scarier Leaning on the Fourth Wall The '80s Playing Gertrude Mr. Fanservice Beard of Evil Awesome, but Impractical The Cameo Final Girl May–December Romance Deliberately Monochrome Horror Comedy Papa Wolf As the Good Book Says... 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