Tropescilloscope: I Just Shot Marvin in the Face
A case of negligent gun handling actually getting someone shot. (read more at tvtropes.org)
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Why Don't You Just Shoot Him?
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Television Movie Index
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One Steve Limit
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The Bad Guy Wins
Get Out!
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Smoking Is Cool
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Never Found the Body
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Wham Line
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Screw the Money, I Have Rules!
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Really Gets Around
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Not Quite Dead
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Left the Background Music On
Even Evil Has Loved Ones
Hidden Depths
Bowdlerise
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I'm a Humanitarian
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Evil vs. Evil
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Took a Level in Jerkass
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You Have Failed Me
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Light Is Not Good
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The End... Or Is It?
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Every Car Is a Pinto
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Evil Plan
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As Long as It Sounds Foreign
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Children Are Innocent
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Screw the Rules, I Have Money!
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I Want My Beloved to Be Happy
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How We Got Here
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Never Trust a Trailer
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Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil
Scary Black Man
And the Adventure Continues
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Does This Remind You of Anything?
Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas
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Red Right Hand
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An Arm and a Leg
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Riddle for the Ages
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Too Dumb to Live
Mexican Standoff
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Dies Wide Open
Babies Ever After
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Age Lift
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Bad "Bad Acting"
Evil Is Petty
No Good Deed Goes Unpunished
Faux Affably Evil
Shower Scene
One-Man Army
Fish out of Water
Bloody Hilarious
Sassy Black Woman
Married to the Job
Historical Villain Upgrade
The Un-Favourite
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Vomit Discretion Shot
Chase Scene
Red Eyes, Take Warning
Driven to Suicide
The Casanova
Visual Pun
Real Life Writes the Plot
Bloodier and Gorier
Nice Job Fixing It, Villain!
An Aesop
Death Seeker
Line-of-Sight Name
Good Is Not Nice
"The Reason You Suck" Speech
Ship Tease
I Need a Freaking Drink
Pimped-Out Dress
Screw This, I'm Outta Here!
Military and Warfare Films
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Badass Bookworm
Ms. Fanservice
Cloudcuckoolander
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She's Got Legs
Cain and Abel
Armor-Piercing Question
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Bare Your Midriff
Back from the Dead
Almost Kiss
Bunny-Ears Lawyer
Would Hit a Girl
Bavarian Fire Drill
Immune to Bullets
My God, What Have I Done?
All Girls Want Bad Boys
Not So Stoic
No OSHA Compliance
Leaning on the Fourth Wall
Those Wacky Nazis
Tap on the Head
Kick the Son of a Bitch
Big Bad
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Title Drop
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Action Girl
Artistic License Biology
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Outrun the Fireball
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The X of Y
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Let's Get Dangerous!
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Bring My Brown Pants
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Captain Obvious
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Sexy Discretion Shot
Only Sane Man
Market-Based Title
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Foregone Conclusion
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Colour-Coded for Your Convenience
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Love at First Sight
The Dreaded
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Beta Couple
Love Triangle
As the Good Book Says...
Dropped a Bridge on Him
Kubrick Stare
Moment Killer
Beauty Is Never Tarnished
Big Applesauce
Bar Brawl
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Oh, Crap!
Berserk Button
Cool Car
Did Not Get the Girl
Parental Substitute
Accidental Misnaming
Fiery Redhead
Knight Templar
Dressing as the Enemy
Hoist by His Own Petard
20 Minutes into the Future
Does Not Like Shoes
Guns Akimbo
Your Head A-Splode
Creepy Child
Black Best Friend
The Ditz
Arch-Enemy
Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping
Insult Backfire
Black Comedy
Sealed Evil in a Can
Psychopathic Manchild
Hypocrite
Biopic
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Adapted Out
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Cool Old Guy
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And I Must Scream
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Those Two Guys
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Older Than They Look
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Monumental Damage
Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right!
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Have a Gay Old Time
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BrotherSister Incest
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And Starring
Aww, Look! They Really Do Love Each Other
Becoming the Mask
Black Dude Dies First
Those Two Bad Guys
Historical In-Joke
All There in the Script
After the End
Bi the Way
Rape as Drama
Unreliable Narrator
Very Loosely Based on a True Story
Country Matters
Psycho for Hire
Air-Vent Passageway
Missing Mom
Cold-Blooded Torture
You Have Outlived Your Usefulness
Rule of Cool
Brutal Honesty
Brick Joke
Chekhov's Gun
Aside Glance
Stuff Blowing Up
Morality Pet
Race Lift
Karmic Death
For the Evulz
Retired Badass
Determinator
Reasonable Authority Figure
Plot Hole
Mr. Fanservice
Reckless Gun Usage
Darker and Edgier
Death by Adaptation
Reality Is Unrealistic
Chuck Cunningham Syndrome
Our Vampires Are Different