Tropescilloscope: Gory Discretion Shot

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Hypocritical Humor Woman in White Gratuitous English Humans Are Bastards Superhero Sadistic Choice Jitter Cam Dramedy Curb-Stomp Battle Works Set in World War II Our Vampires Are Different Agony of the Feet Red Eyes, Take Warning Papa Wolf Stylistic Suck Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass Downer Ending Disney Villain Death After the End Bowdlerise 20 Minutes into the Future Broken Pedestal Fanservice Extra Kill 'em All Film Noir Market-Based Title Too Dumb to Live Adapted Out The Load Accidental Misnaming Fatal Family Photo Mad Scientist Adaptational Villainy Bait-and-Switch Cluster F-Bomb The Sociopath Celebrity Paradox The '60s Epic Movie Translation Convention Undying Loyalty No-Holds-Barred Beatdown Drives Like Crazy Redshirt Army Put on a Bus Extremely Short Timespan The Atoner Bloody Hilarious Evil Is Hammy Bond One-Liner Pyrrhic Victory Canadian Movies Insult Backfire Hollywood Law Pre-Asskicking One-Liner Well-Intentioned Extremist Only a Flesh Wound Advertised Extra Kids Are Cruel Distracted by the Sexy It's All About Me Mr. Fanservice Not So Above It All Love at First Sight Overly Long Gag Kill It with Fire Brick Joke Crazy-Prepared Not Using the "Z" Word And I Must Scream Brother–Sister Incest Spell My Name with an "S" Sexy Discretion Shot Blatant Lies In the Back Wicked Cultured Bound and Gagged He Who Fights Monsters Adaptational Badass Never My Fault Together in Death Genre Savvy Face Death with Dignity Badass in a Nice Suit Token Minority Five-Man Band Fun with Acronyms Apocalypse How The Smurfette Principle Cat Fight Damsel in Distress Serious Business Romantic False Lead Oh, Crap! Awesome, but Impractical Action Girl Fourth Date Marriage Card-Carrying Villain