Tropescilloscope: Happily Married

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Italian Films Love at First Sight Guns Akimbo Jerkass All There in the Manual Bowdlerise Vomit Discretion Shot Anguished Declaration of Love Manipulative Bastard Spanner in the Works Bittersweet Ending Expy Cassandra Truth Gender Flip Kick the Dog Good Is Not Nice Distracted by the Sexy The Bully Biopic Bloodier and Gorier Rule of Funny Action Genre Groin Attack Only One Name Jitter Cam There Is No Kill Like Overkill Manchild Insistent Terminology folderlabel Adaptational Attractiveness Brother–Sister Incest Cowboy Cop Knife Nut Race Lift Precision F-Strike Evil Cannot Comprehend Good Darkest Hour Sci-Fi Horror All Girls Want Bad Boys The Place Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking Evil vs. Evil Demoted to Extra The Remake Getting Crap Past the Radar Disappeared Dad Half the Man He Used to Be Ghost Fiction Very Loosely Based on a True Story Decoy Protagonist Mood Whiplash Adaptational Villainy Jerk Jock Badass Boast Outrun the Fireball The Casanova Based on a True Story Hoist by His Own Petard Jack Bauer Interrogation Technique Japanese Films Crazy-Prepared The Power of Love Captain Obvious Aluminum Christmas Trees Ironic Echo Genre Throwback Male Frontal Nudity Big Brother Instinct Suspiciously Similar Substitute Offscreen Teleportation The Smurfette Principle Silent Movie The Load Mythology Gag Serial Killer Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy Bi the Way Naïve Newcomer Suddenly SHOUTING! 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Rewatch Bonus Pragmatic Villainy Drives Like Crazy Arc Words Cluster F-Bomb Badass Normal Red Right Hand Naked People Are Funny Black Comedy Heroes Want Redheads Developing Doomed Characters