Tropescilloscope: Have a Gay Old Time

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Overly Long Gag Funny Foreigner Tempting Fate Sir Not-Appearing-in-This-Trailer Knife Nut Toplessness from the Back Dirty Coward The Casanova Neck Lift Politically Incorrect Villain Not Quite Dead Reckless Gun Usage Cowboy Cop Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right! Evil Sounds Deep Logo Joke Red Herring Too Dumb to Live Crazy-Prepared Auto Erotica Adaptational Attractiveness Stealth Hi/Bye Made of Iron Offscreen Moment of Awesome Never Found the Body Chekhov's Gun Ass Shove Armor-Piercing Question Obviously Evil Non-Indicative Name Tap on the Head Skewed Priorities Drowning My Sorrows And Starring Take a Third Option No Name Given Silence Is Golden How We Got Here The Faceless "Awesome McCool" Name Meaningful Background Event Implacable Man Wrong Genre Savvy Attempted Rape Redemption Equals Death Exactly What It Says on the Tin The Hero Faux Affably Evil Disproportionate Retribution Famous Last Words Unresolved Sexual Tension Evil Laugh