Tropescilloscope: Foregone Conclusion
The audience knows how the story ends before it begins. (read more at tvtropes.org)
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It Will Never Catch On
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In Name Only
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Get Out!
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This Is Gonna Suck
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Take That!
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My God, What Have I Done?
Same Language Dub
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Hypocrite
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Drill Sergeant Nasty
Your Head A-Splode
The Sociopath
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Disney Death
"Shaggy Dog" Story
Heterosexual Life-Partners
Punctuated! For! Emphasis!
The '70s
Back from the Dead
Sequel Escalation
Translation Convention
Left the Background Music On
"Awesome McCool" Name
Oh, Crap!
Funny Background Event
Gorn
Evil Is Hammy
Gold Digger
Pay Evil unto Evil
Defiant to the End
Shower Scene
"Well Done, Son!" Guy
Wham Line
Evil Is Petty
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Insistent Terminology
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Alpha Bitch
Bavarian Fire Drill
Reality Is Unrealistic
Dark and Troubled Past
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Hell Is That Noise
Blatant Lies
No Name Given
Stealth Pun
Hair-Trigger Temper
Race Lift
Nice Hat
Exactly What It Says on the Tin
Evil Counterpart
Very Loosely Based on a True Story
Friend to All Children
Suspiciously Specific Denial
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