Tropescilloscope: Expy

This character was deliberately crafted to be very similar to another character in a different work. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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No Celebrities Were Harmed For the Evulz Beauty Is Never Tarnished Unresolved Sexual Tension Only Known by Their Nickname In the Back Screw the Rules, I Have Money! Disappeared Dad Shell-Shocked Veteran Creator Cameo Deliberately Monochrome Adaptational Badass Impaled with Extreme Prejudice Never Trust a Trailer Killed Mid-Sentence Bald of Evil Flashback The Mole Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking Big Fancy House Major Injury Underreaction Peek-a-Boo Corpse Spanner in the Works Punctuated! For! Emphasis! Sequel Escalation Blonde, Brunette, Redhead The Ditz Shut Up, Hannibal! 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Death by Irony Evil Is Petty Cool Guns Stock Footage Straight Gay Freudian Excuse Every Car Is a Pinto Motor Mouth Evil Cannot Comprehend Good Silent Movie Guns Akimbo Green-Eyed Monster Be Careful What You Wish For My God, What Have I Done? 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