Tropescilloscope: Fake Shemp

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

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Reality Ensues Leaning on the Fourth Wall Fan Disservice Hooker with a Heart of Gold What Happened to the Mouse? Scary Black Man Curse Cut Short Australian Movies The Un-Favourite aka: The Un Favorite Whole Plot Reference NO INDOOR VOICE Dirty Old Man Demoted to Extra Sequel Hook Revenge A Father to His Men Aside Glance Wrong Genre Savvy Damsel in Distress Film Noir Older Than They Look Batman Gambit Soft Glass Unusual Euphemism Male Frontal Nudity Not Using the "Z" Word Daddy's Girl Colour-Coded for Your Convenience aka: Color Coded For Your Convenience Adaptation Expansion The Cameo The Alleged Car The Big Guy For Want of a Nail Nothing Is Scarier Distracted by the Sexy Drill Sergeant Nasty Those Wacky Nazis Auto Erotica Actually Pretty Funny An Arm and a Leg Woman in White Papa Wolf Offscreen Teleportation Broken Bird Beard of Evil Leitmotif Exact Words Epic Movie Roger Ebert: Great Movies List Monumental Damage Public Domain Feature Films The Dog Bites Back All There in the Manual The Starscream Creative Closing Credits Cat Fight Superhero Death of a Child The Un-Reveal No Ending Four-Temperament Ensemble Dogged Nice Guy The '70s Black Comedy Intergenerational Friendship Made of Iron Jump Scare Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep" Conspicuous CG Heroic Sacrifice Here We Go Again! Rule of Symbolism Why Did It Have to Be Snakes? 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All for Nothing Stock Footage Bunny-Ears Lawyer Fire-Forged Friends Catapult Nightmare Disney Death Dramatic Gun Cock Captain Ersatz And I Must Scream Mad Scientist "Shaggy Dog" Story Hope Spot Cloudcuckoolander Chiaroscuro Vitriolic Best Buds Instant Death Bullet Your Cheating Heart Bittersweet Ending Betty and Veronica Animated Credits Opening Pragmatic Adaptation Fantastic Racism Heroic BSoD It Can Think The Hero You Have Got to Be Kidding Me! Shoot the Shaggy Dog Blonde, Brunette, Redhead Dark and Troubled Past Cold-Blooded Torture Not Even Bothering with the Accent Word of God Dull Surprise Kids Are Cruel Serial Killer Off-into-the-Distance Ending Mercy Kill Dissonant Serenity And the Adventure Continues Pre-Asskicking One-Liner Malevolent Masked Men Kubrick Stare The Remake Evil Brit Attempted Rape Apocalypse How Bottomless Magazines Love Triangle No-Holds-Barred Beatdown Military and Warfare Films Beauty Is Never Tarnished Dirty Cop Japanese Films Not So Different Screw the Rules, I Have Money! Gone Horribly Right Nice Job Breaking It, Hero! Adults Are Useless Ambiguous Ending Famous Last Words Rich Bitch Male Gaze Air-Vent Passageway War Is Hell Those Two Guys Dumb Blonde The Stoner The Chick The '60s Love at First Sight Bland-Name Product Award-Bait Song Sealed Evil in a Can Non-Indicative Name Canon Foreigner Improbable Weapon User Gender Flip Hollywood Darkness Rape as Drama Historical Villain Upgrade Serious Business Face–Heel Turn Artistic License – Physics