Tropescilloscope: Fatal Family Photo
Showing family photo to others = certain death. (read more at tvtropes.org)
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It's All About Me
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Adults Are Useless
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Off with His Head!
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Nice Hat
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Broken Bird
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Evil vs. Evil
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Country Matters
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I'm a Humanitarian
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Never My Fault
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No Celebrities Were Harmed
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The Power of Love
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Red Right Hand
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Evil Cannot Comprehend Good
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Outrun the Fireball
Nice Job Breaking It, Hero!
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Crapsack World
Chekhov's Skill
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Loads and Loads of Characters
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Have a Gay Old Time
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Badass in a Nice Suit
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Drowning My Sorrows
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Didn't Think This Through
My Beloved Smother
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Jerkass Has a Point
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'80s Hair
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Small Name, Big Ego
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Romantic Comedy
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Hypocrite
Important Haircut
The Remake
One Steve Limit
Morality Pet
Badass Boast
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Guile Hero
"The Reason You Suck" Speech
Take That!
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I Need a Freaking Drink
Even Evil Has Loved Ones
Let's Get Dangerous!
Take a Third Option
Artistic License Gun Safety
Redemption Equals Death
Mexican Standoff
Awesome, but Impractical
Disney Death
Lampshade Hanging
Translation Convention
Anyone Can Die
Manchild
Immune to Bullets
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Foregone Conclusion
Politically Incorrect Villain
Breaking the Fourth Wall
Mooks
Put on a Bus
Television Movie Index
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Gold Digger
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Tranquil Fury
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Reality Ensues
Smoking Is Cool
Establishing Character Moment
You Have Failed Me
Diabolus ex Machina
Grey and Gray Morality
Dirty Old Man
Cool Old Guy
Shown Their Work
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Exactly What It Says on the Tin
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Aww, Look! They Really Do Love Each Other
Twist Ending
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Foil
Does This Remind You of Anything?
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Evil Is Petty
Cat Fight
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Light Is Not Good
How We Got Here
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Famous Last Words
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Never Trust a Trailer
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Ms. Fanservice
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Evil Laugh
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Covers Always Lie
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Nice Job Fixing It, Villain!
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Not What It Looks Like
Silence Is Golden
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Break the Haughty
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Ugly Guy, Hot Wife
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Even Evil Has Standards
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Kids Are Cruel
Title Drop
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Here We Go Again!
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As the Good Book Says...
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Mundane Made Awesome
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Our Vampires Are Different
In Name Only
Crazy Jealous Guy
Fat Bastard
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Heroes Want Redheads
Deliberate Values Dissonance
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Men Are the Expendable Gender
Revenge
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Very Loosely Based on a True Story
The Mafia
Reality Is Unrealistic
Card-Carrying Villain
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Bait-and-Switch
Final Girl
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Taking You with Me
Irony
Danny Peary Cult Movies List
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The Bad Guy Wins
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Rich Bitch
Epic Movie
Large Ham
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Genre Savvy
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Shout-Out
Names to Run Away from Really Fast
Never Trust a Trailer
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Why Don't You Just Shoot Him?
Heel Realization
N-Word Privileges
Music Stories
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For Want of a Nail
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Stealth Hi/Bye
No Antagonist
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Your Cheating Heart
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Index of Film Westerns
Toplessness from the Back
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Never Found the Body
Psycho for Hire
Missing Mom
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The Ghost
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There Is No Kill Like Overkill
Shoot the Shaggy Dog
Needs Wiki Magic Love
Cassandra Truth
Deliberately Monochrome
The Oner
Dramatic Gun Cock
One-Word Title
Bond Villain Stupidity
Papa Wolf
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The Dragon
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And the Adventure Continues
Dirty Coward
Self-Deprecation
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Daddy's Girl
Belligerent Sexual Tension
Nice Guy
Evil Sounds Deep
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Naïve Newcomer
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Serial Killer
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Naked People Are Funny
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Trailers Always Spoil
Back from the Dead
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Hero of Another Story
Bitch in Sheep's Clothing
Pay Evil unto Evil
He Knows Too Much
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All for Nothing
Made of Explodium
Word of God
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Storming the Castle
War Is Hell
She Cleans Up Nicely
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Only One Name
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All There in the Script
Rape as Drama
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The Alcoholic
Bavarian Fire Drill
Laser-Guided Karma
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Humans Are Bastards
Offscreen Moment of Awesome
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Everyone Has Standards
Broken Pedestal
Undying Loyalty
Dark and Troubled Past
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Say My Name
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Dies Wide Open
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Really Gets Around
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She's Got Legs
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You Killed My Father
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Chekhov's Gunman
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Big Bad
All Men Are Perverts
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Tagline
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Death by Irony
Only Sane Man
Dark Is Not Evil
Worthy Opponent
Unusual Euphemism
O.O.C. Is Serious Business
Five-Man Band
Brutal Honesty
Russian Films
Insult Backfire
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The Great Depression
Gory Discretion Shot
Bound and Gagged
Disappeared Dad
Improbable Aiming Skills
Eldritch Abomination
Pragmatic Villainy
All Just a Dream
Chekhov's Gun
Pretty Little Headshots
A.I. Is a Crapshoot
Bloodier and Gorier
Token Minority
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Beauty Is Never Tarnished
Blood from the Mouth
Creator Cameo
My God, What Have I Done?
Mind Screw
La Résistance
Shipper on Deck
Hollywood Law
Historical-Domain Character
Getting Crap Past the Radar
Sudden Sequel Death Syndrome
Fantastic Racism
Fish out of Water
Karmic Death
Becoming the Mask
Bland-Name Product
Evil Is Hammy
Suddenly SHOUTING!
Stepford Smiler
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20 Minutes into the Future
Roaring Rampage of Revenge
Central Theme
The End... Or Is It?
Wicked Cultured
Improvised Weapon
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