Tropescilloscope: Hollywood Darkness

It's dark, but the audience can see and the characters aren't bumping into anything. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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Karmic Death You Have Outlived Your Usefulness Cold-Blooded Torture Handicapped Badass Did Not Get the Girl Heel–Face Turn Foregone Conclusion Frame-Up Taking the Bullet Spared by the Adaptation Vomit Indiscretion Shot Foil Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping Enemy Mine Bi the Way Determinator aka: The Determinator The '70s Character Development Police Brutality The Mafia An Axe to Grind Psycho for Hire No-Sell Plucky Comic Relief Reality Is Unrealistic Dirty Coward The Ghost Ominous Latin Chanting Body Horror Spiteful Spit Neck Lift Aww, Look! They Really Do Love Each Other Playing Gertrude Politically Incorrect Villain Manipulative Bastard Video Credits Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking Soundtrack Dissonance O.O.C. 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