Tropescilloscope: Fake Shemp

The Other Darrin meets He Who Must Not Be Seen. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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Is a Crapshoot Camera Abuse Canon Foreigner Kubrick Stare Fingore World of Ham Evil Cannot Comprehend Good Evil Laugh Last-Name Basis Meet Cute Everyone Has Standards Refuge in Audacity Pimped-Out Dress Fiery Redhead Moment Killer Never Trust a Trailer aka: Trailers Always Lie The Mole Slasher Movie Peek-a-Boo Corpse Blatant Lies Whole Plot Reference Evil Plan Wham Shot You Killed My Father Eyepatch of Power Adaptational Badass The Mafia Rule of Cool In the Back Establishing Character Moment Big-Bad Ensemble Genre Savvy Serial Killer Badass Grandpa Animal Motifs Chekhov's Gunman From Bad to Worse Batman Gambit From Nobody to Nightmare Posthumous Character Take That! Nice Hat Grey and Gray Morality Breaking the Fourth Wall Guile Hero Even Evil Has Standards Outrun the Fireball Composite Character Drowning My Sorrows Ambiguous Ending Blackmail Ass Shove Rated M for Manly Same Language Dub Casting Gag Mexican Standoff Freudian Excuse Sinister Minister Would Hit a Girl Improbable Weapon User Faux Affably Evil The '50s Sanity Slippage Leitmotif Not Using the "Z" Word Advertised Extra Artistic License – Law Your Head A-Splode The '80s The Sociopath Parental Substitute Death Glare Wounded Gazelle Gambit Mundane Made Awesome Hidden Depths Shirtless Scene Dirty Coward Woman Scorned "Well Done, Son!" 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Retcon Despair Event Horizon Black Comedy Rape Artistic License – Military The Place Every Car Is a Pinto Interrupted Suicide Due to the Dead Television Movie Index Shipper on Deck Creepy Child Blonde, Brunette, Redhead Cool Old Guy Slashed Throat Action Prologue Department of Redundancy Department Police Brutality Here We Go Again! Anyone Can Die Adaptation Dye-Job Bavarian Fire Drill Card-Carrying Villain Random Events Plot Reality Ensues Brainless Beauty One-Word Title Screw the Money, I Have Rules! 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Is Serious Business Death of a Child Kill It with Fire As Long as It Sounds Foreign Say My Name Adaptation Expansion Apocalypse How Face Death with Dignity Not So Stoic Madness Mantra Big Applesauce Kick the Dog Bolivian Army Ending Knight Templar Screw the Rules, I Have Money! Bond One-Liner Four-Temperament Ensemble Break the Cutie Yandere War Is Hell Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold Epic Movie Fate Worse than Death Up to Eleven Token Minority Meaningful Background Event Intrepid Reporter Psychological Thriller Drives Like Crazy Death by Adaptation The Remake Revenge Thriller Rousing Speech Big "NO!" You Have Outlived Your Usefulness Shoot the Shaggy Dog Fatal Flaw What Happened to the Mouse? As Himself Downer Ending Instant Death Bullet Foil And I Must Scream Our Zombies Are Different Bare Your Midriff Hope Spot Heel–Face Turn Laser-Guided Karma Killed Mid-Sentence Ax-Crazy Made of Explodium Celebrity Paradox Villain Opening Scene Empathic Environment Mama Bear He Knows Too Much Reality Is Unrealistic Really Gets Around Married to the Job Hong Kong Films Death by Sex Parental Neglect Fake Shemp Beard of Evil Villain with Good Publicity The Dreaded I Need a Freaking Drink An Aesop The Musical Ripped from the Headlines Adult Fear Retirony Overly Long Gag Dull Surprise "Shaggy Dog" Story Chekhov's Skill Stalker with a Crush Took a Level in Jerkass Big Fancy House Training Montage Reality Has No Subtitles Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right! 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La Résistance Sliding Scale of Idealism vs. Cynicism Scare Chord Heroes Want Redheads Mighty Whitey Disney Villain Death Even Evil Has Loved Ones Green-Eyed Monster Gold Digger Death Seeker Dark Is Not Evil Anti-Hero The Lost Lenore Cool Guns Big Eater The Dog Bites Back Anachronism Stew Greater-Scope Villain Plucky Comic Relief Body Horror Dramatic Gun Cock Demonic Possession Slap-Slap-Kiss Cain and Abel Boom, Headshot! 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The Stinger Camp Gay Evil Is Hammy Groin Attack Heroic Sacrifice Pretty Little Headshots The Voiceless Fanservice Corpsing Vacation Films Nice Guy Anti-Villain Unresolved Sexual Tension Toilet Humour aka: Toilet Humor Bitch in Sheep's Clothing Horror Doesn't Settle for Simple Tuesday Cluster F-Bomb Shell-Shocked Veteran Gory Discretion Shot Guns Akimbo Brutal Honesty Attempted Rape Black and Gray Morality Determinator Meaningful Name Good Is Not Nice Unusually Uninteresting Sight Needs Wiki Magic Love Oh, Crap! Sexy Discretion Shot Ascended Extra Honor Before Reason Failed a Spot Check The Alleged Car Reckless Gun Usage Film Noir Index Vomit Discretion Shot Make It Look Like an Accident True Companions Love at First Sight The Smurfette Principle Pre-Asskicking One-Liner Framing Device Slasher Smile Manipulative Bastard Freeze-Frame Bonus Stuff Blowing Up Darker and Edgier "Where Are They Now?" Epilogue Fanservice Extra Title Drop BFG The Lancer Accidental Misnaming Distracted by the Sexy Not Even Bothering with the Accent Film Series Shown Their Work The X of Y Romantic False Lead Heroic BSoD Actor Allusion Impaled with Extreme Prejudice Deal with the Devil Daylight Horror Age Lift Horror Films Getting Crap Past the Radar Cassandra Truth Hero of Another Story Combat Pragmatist Amusing Injuries Parental Incest Crapsack World All There in the Script Mooks Air-Vent Passageway Villain Protagonist Foregone Conclusion Bunny-Ears Lawyer Gender Flip Woman in White The Cavalry Drugs Are Bad Never Found the Body Bi the Way Stock Footage Epic Fail Corrupt Corporate Executive Badass Normal Sir Not-Appearing-in-This-Trailer Bloodless Carnage Not What It Looks Like Precision F-Strike Mad Scientist Agony of the Feet Military and Warfare Films Insane Troll Logic Black Comedy Almost Kiss Central Theme All for Nothing Suspiciously Similar Substitute Spanner in the Works Science Fiction Films German Films Awesome, but Impractical No Good Deed Goes Unpunished Made of Iron Your Cheating Heart Monumental Damage The Dragon Sudden Sequel Death Syndrome Hypocrite Why Don't You Just Shoot Him? 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