Tropescilloscope: Green-Eyed Monster

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Historical Hero Upgrade Historical In-Joke Fun with Acronyms Artistic License – Gun Safety Ominous Latin Chanting Monumental Damage Bond Villain Stupidity Evil Laugh No-Holds-Barred Beatdown Black Comedy Rape Almost Kiss Evil Counterpart Military and Warfare Films Death by Irony Comically Missing the Point Jerk with a Heart of Gold An Arm and a Leg The Great Depression Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right! 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Ambiguous Disorder Diabolus ex Machina Historical Villain Upgrade The Un-Reveal Imagine Spot Sinister Minister Put on a Bus Roger Ebert: Great Movies List Leaning on the Fourth Wall Police Brutality "Well Done, Son!" Guy Cool Guns Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy Pay Evil unto Evil Get Out! 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They Really Do Love Each Other The Vamp Ambiguous Ending Villainous Breakdown Dressing as the Enemy Same Language Dub Made of Explodium Pretty in Mink He Knows Too Much Calling the Old Man Out Beard of Evil Mistaken for Gay Rated M for Manly Chekhov's Skill Despair Event Horizon Time Skip Armor-Piercing Question Cold-Blooded Torture Unusually Uninteresting Sight Credits Gag Tagline Antagonist Title The Power of Love Neck Lift Hooker with a Heart of Gold Chekhov's Gunman I'm a Humanitarian Adaptation Distillation Psycho for Hire Screw the Rules, I Have Money! Honor Before Reason Improbable Infant Survival aka: Infant Immortality Film Series Light Is Not Good Bad "Bad Acting" La Résistance Stylistic Suck Precision F-Strike Insane Troll Logic Mugging the Monster Shirtless Scene "The Reason You Suck" Speech Bald of Evil I Have Your Wife Action Girl Ax-Crazy Unwitting Instigator of Doom Room Full of Crazy One-Man Army Mama Bear Romantic False Lead Hidden Depths The Un-Favourite aka: The Un Favorite Dogged Nice Guy Green-Eyed Monster Empathic Environment Badass Grandpa One-Word Title Spiteful Spit Meaningful Background Event