Tropescilloscope: Half the Man He Used to Be

Victim gets sliced in half. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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Is a Crapshoot Retirony Disappeared Dad Hypocrite Camera Abuse What You Are in the Dark The Great Depression Happily Married Fiery Redhead Nothing Is Scarier Mercy Kill Butt-Monkey La Résistance Deconstruction No-Sell In the Back He Who Fights Monsters The Dreaded Arranged Marriage Properly Paranoid No OSHA Compliance Action Girl Parental Substitute Aww, Look! They Really Do Love Each Other Bi the Way Noodle Incident Took a Level in Jerkass Did Not Get the Girl Overprotective Dad Bloodier and Gorier Pun aka: Incredibly Lame Pun Epic Fail Affably Evil Action Film, Quiet Drama Scene Crazy-Prepared Boom, Headshot! Eyepatch of Power Femme Fatale The Atoner Armor-Piercing Question Historical-Domain Character The Stoic Air-Vent Passageway Badass Longcoat Betty and Veronica Intergenerational Friendship An Arm and a Leg Ship Tease Slap-Slap-Kiss Hate Sink Attempted Rape Sci-Fi Horror Fingore Faux Affably Evil The Cameo Screw the Rules, I Have Money! 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