Tropescilloscope: Gilligan Cut

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The Mafia Bad Boss Dogged Nice Guy The '70s Manipulative Bastard Retcon No Antagonist Damsel in Distress Film Series Cassandra Truth Contrived Coincidence BFG Neck Lift Not So Different Gone Horribly Right Badass Bookworm Adaptational Heroism Greater-Scope Villain Reality Ensues Badass Normal Artistic License – Law Show Within a Show Humans Are Bastards Spell My Name with an "S" Artistic License – Geography Adaptational Badass Unusual Euphemism Anti-Villain No OSHA Compliance The Smurfette Principle He Who Fights Monsters Deal with the Devil Expy Loophole Abuse The Dreaded Tap on the Head And I Must Scream Shell-Shocked Veteran For the Evulz Sexy Discretion Shot Gorn The Dog Bites Back Camp Gay The Film of the Book Took a Level in Badass Beard of Evil Sole Survivor Good Is Not Nice Adaptation Dye-Job Heterosexual Life-Partners Dull Surprise Self-Deprecation Ungrateful Bastard Fan Disservice Earn Your Happy Ending The Ace Sassy Black Woman Mr. Exposition The Hero Dies Accidental Misnaming Put on a Bus Honor Before Reason Coming-of-Age Story Left the Background Music On Love at First Sight Monumental Damage Interrupted Suicide Manly Tears Death of a Child Kids Are Cruel The Smart Guy Roger Ebert: Great Movies List Due to the Dead Whole Plot Reference French Films Brick Joke Flashback Sealed Evil in a Can The '60s The Power of Love Television Movie Index Daylight Horror Agony of the Feet May–December Romance The Big Guy He Knows Too Much Refuge in Audacity The Cavalry Leaning on the Fourth Wall Eye Scream Lock and Load Montage Actually Pretty Funny '80s Hair Historical-Domain Character Betty and Veronica After the End It's Personal Chewing the Scenery She's Got Legs Imagine Spot Stalker with a Crush Gratuitous English Setting Update Arranged Marriage Action Film, Quiet Drama Scene Superhero Impaled with Extreme Prejudice The Stoic An Arm and a Leg Henpecked Husband Freeze-Frame Bonus Unresolved Sexual Tension Rule of Cool Half the Man He Used to Be Very Loosely Based on a True Story Funny Background Event Pyrrhic Victory Big Eater Crazy Jealous Guy Death Seeker Sudden Sequel Death Syndrome Diabolus ex Machina Sports Stories Developing Doomed Characters Pet the Dog No Name Given Deliberately Monochrome Visual Pun Ship Tease Dwindling Party Action Girl Defiant to the End Hate Sink Drill Sergeant Nasty Obstructive Bureaucrat Evil-Detecting Dog Offscreen Moment of Awesome Line-of-Sight Name Aww, Look! They Really Do Love Each Other Bloodless Carnage Only One Name Anyone Can Die Cool Guns Off with His Head! Red Herring It Can Think Shirtless Scene The Bully Air-Vent Passageway Combat Pragmatist The Ghost Artistic License – Physics Let's Get Dangerous! Really Gets Around The Hero Horror Doesn't Settle for Simple Tuesday Jerk with a Heart of Gold Christmas Movies Index Bi the Way Conspicuous CG Insane Troll Logic Sinister Minister Batman Gambit Those Wacky Nazis The Quiet One Thriller Hair-Trigger Temper Overly Long Gag Together in Death Fainting Death by Sex Flipping the Bird Book-Ends Jerk Jock Extreme Doormat Anachronic Order Adaptation Distillation Villain Song Darker and Edgier Genre Throwback Curb-Stomp Battle Obviously Evil Room Full of Crazy Mind Screw Belligerent Sexual Tension Big Bad Break the Cutie Determinator Toilet Humour aka: Toilet Humor Determinator aka: The Determinator Alpha Bitch Manchild Big-Bad Ensemble Sequel Escalation A Minor Kidroduction Race Lift Badass Longcoat All There in the Script Deliberate Values Dissonance Retired Badass No Good Deed Goes Unpunished Crucified Hero Shot Logo Joke Australian Movies Informed Ability Big Fancy House Take That! Serious Business Driven to Suicide Bloodier and Gorier Shown Their Work Dumb Blonde Stealth Hi/Bye Kill 'em All Fanservice Extra Knife Nut Straight Gay Throwing Your Sword Always Works Casting Gag Extremely Short Timespan Woman in White Never Trust a Trailer aka: Trailers Always Lie Knight Templar Mystery and Detective Films Awesome, but Impractical Anachronism Stew Every Car Is a Pinto Unspoken Plan Guarantee O.O.C. Is Serious Business Unreliable Narrator Japanese Films Horror Films Spanner in the Works Fun with Acronyms Broken Aesop Authority Equals Asskicking Made of Iron Happily Married Slasher Movie Guns Akimbo Zombie Stories Credits Gag Dramatic Irony Would Hit a Girl Not Even Bothering with the Accent The Voiceless She Cleans Up Nicely Epic Movie Idiot Ball Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane Not Quite Dead Demonic Possession Beauty Is Never Tarnished Colour-Coded for Your Convenience aka: Color Coded For Your Convenience Pragmatic Villainy Cat Fight Male Gaze Up to Eleven Deadpan Snarker Romantic Comedy Groin Attack Everyone Has Standards One Steve Limit Card-Carrying Villain Ragtag Bunch of Misfits Big Applesauce I Have Your Wife Trailers Always Spoil Shoot the Shaggy Dog For Want of a Nail Intrepid Reporter Gold Digger As Himself Vomit Indiscretion Shot Pretty in Mink Five-Man Band Martial Arts Movie The Cameo Wounded Gazelle Gambit Bald of Evil Downer Ending Laser-Guided Karma Protagonist Title Suddenly SHOUTING! 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Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds No-Sell Alliterative Name Domestic Abuse Funny Foreigner Character Development Public Domain Feature Films Black Comedy Hero of Another Story Alas, Poor Villain Disney Villain Death Mama Bear Depraved Bisexual Dark Action Girl Nothing Is Scarier Auto Erotica Cool Old Lady Improbable Infant Survival aka: Infant Immortality Foil Call-Back Rape as Drama Dark Reprise Badass Grandpa Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold Hong Kong Films Action Survivor Tempting Fate Villain with Good Publicity British Films MacGuffin Jerkass Has a Point Not So Above It All I Just Shot Marvin in the Face Hypocrite Science Fiction Films Sir Swears-a-Lot Artistic License – Gun Safety Laughing Mad As Long as It Sounds Foreign I Did What I Had to Do Mad Scientist Sacrificial Lion Heroes Want Redheads Undying Loyalty Author Avatar Did Not Get the Girl Based on a True Story Jitter Cam Enemy Mine Historical Villain Upgrade Slasher Smile Mexican Standoff Kubrick Stare Your Head A-Splode Establishing Character Moment Hell Is That Noise Twist Ending Adorkable What Happened to the Mouse? 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