Tropescilloscope: Impaled with Extreme Prejudice
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Off with His Head!
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Why Don't You Just Shoot Him?
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Friend to All Children
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Humans Are Bastards
Spared by the Adaptation
Screw the Money, I Have Rules!
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I'm a Humanitarian
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Drowning My Sorrows
Riddle for the Ages
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Cloudcuckoolander
Never Found the Body
Better to Die than Be Killed
Rousing Speech
Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?
Film Noir
Missing Mom
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Death by Adaptation
Sexy Discretion Shot
Dies Wide Open
Failed a Spot Check
Spiritual Successor
Dressing as the Enemy
Distracted by the Sexy
Red Shirt
Manic Pixie Dream Girl
Artistic License Military
Tempting Fate
Cold-Blooded Torture
Bring My Brown Pants
Epic Movie
Dirty Cop
Ms. Fanservice
Anti-Hero
Suspiciously Similar Substitute
And the Adventure Continues
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Malevolent Masked Men
Attempted Rape
Too Dumb to Live
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Ghost Fiction
As Himself
As the Good Book Says...
Continuity Nod
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Retirony
As Long as It Sounds Foreign
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Shoot the Shaggy Dog
"The Reason You Suck" Speech
Hong Kong Films
What Happened to the Mouse?
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Boom, Headshot!
Camp Gay
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Central Theme
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Aww, Look! They Really Do Love Each Other
Artistic License Geography
Australian Movies
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Those Two Bad Guys
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Evil Is Hammy
Evil vs. Evil
Credits Gag
Foregone Conclusion
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The Great Depression
Only One Name
Title Drop
Didn't Think This Through
Bald of Evil
Killed Mid-Sentence
Punctuated! For! Emphasis!
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True Companions
Bi the Way
Groin Attack
Psychological Thriller
Line-of-Sight Name
Cluster F-Bomb
All There in the Script
Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds
Half the Man He Used to Be
Alliterative Name
Properly Paranoid
The Hero Dies
For the Evulz
Sequel Escalation
Exactly What It Says on the Tin
Captain Ersatz
The Vamp
Beta Couple
There Is No Kill Like Overkill
Ironic Echo
Screw the Rules, I Have Money!
Batman Gambit
Beauty Is Never Tarnished
Chiaroscuro
Overly Long Gag
Affectionate Parody
Translation Convention
Hate Sink
Curse Cut Short
Skewed Priorities
The '90s
Evil Is Petty
Nothing Is Scarier
Deus ex Machina
Would Hit a Girl
Eyepatch of Power
Badass Normal
Intrepid Reporter
Redemption Equals Death
Serious Business
Frame-Up
Blackmail
Exact Words
The '70s
You Have Got to Be Kidding Me!
Maybe Ever After
Real Life
Light Is Not Good
Playing Gertrude
Beware the Nice Ones
Soundtrack Dissonance
Romantic False Lead
Politically Incorrect Villain
Fanservice Extra
Time Skip
Flashback
Woman Scorned
Let's Get Dangerous!
Award-Bait Song
Greater-Scope Villain
Deadpan Snarker
Car Fu
Ambiguous Disorder
Major Injury Underreaction
Mama Bear
Developing Doomed Characters
Lock and Load Montage
Married to the Job
Those Two Guys
Handicapped Badass
Double-Meaning Title
Death of a Child
Break the Cutie
Spiteful Spit
Ungrateful Bastard
Spell My Name with an "S"
All There in the Manual
Artistic License Biology
Advertised Extra
War Is Hell
Black and Gray Morality
Earn Your Happy Ending
Honor Before Reason
Kick the Son of a Bitch
Narrator
Darkest Hour
Artistic License History
Off-into-the-Distance Ending
I Just Shot Marvin in the Face
Kill 'em All
"Well Done, Son!" Guy
Manchild
Rule of Symbolism
Red Herring
Undying Loyalty
Annoying Younger Sibling
Fan Disservice
Dual Wielding
Red Eyes, Take Warning
Never My Fault
Gainax Ending
'80s Hair
No Name Given
Worthy Opponent
From Nobody to Nightmare
Names to Run Away from Really Fast
Karma Houdini
Would Hurt a Child
Heroes Want Redheads
Beard of Evil
A Minor Kidroduction
The '80s
I Need a Freaking Drink
Psychopathic Manchild
Sealed Evil in a Can
Dumb Blonde
She Cleans Up Nicely
Decoy Protagonist
Fire-Forged Friends
The Stinger
Dirty Coward
Stylistic Suck
Accidental Murder
Race Lift
One-Man Army
The Voiceless
Totally Radical
Straight Gay
Unusually Uninteresting Sight
Author Appeal
You Have Outlived Your Usefulness
Evil Sounds Deep
Genre Savvy
The Lancer
Grievous Bottley Harm
N-Word Privileges
Crucified Hero Shot
Animated Credits Opening
Ascended Extra
Sci-Fi Horror
Fat Bastard
Mercy Kill
Shell-Shocked Veteran
Faking the Dead
Grey and Gray Morality
The Bully
Badass Bookworm
Gone Horribly Right
Dark and Troubled Past
Anguished Declaration of Love
Gilligan Cut
Police are Useless
Catch-Phrase
Our Zombies Are Different
Mexican Standoff
It's Personal
Pay Evil unto Evil
In the Back
Corpsing
The Alleged Car
Sequel Hook
Eldritch Abomination
Fanservice
Small Name, Big Ego
Mystery and Detective Films
Sir Swears-a-Lot
Made of Explodium
Market-Based Title
Logo Joke
A Date with Rosie Palms
Heroic Sacrifice
Ominous Latin Chanting
Gratuitous English
Pretty Little Headshots
Composite Character
Police Brutality
Disappeared Dad
Black Comedy Rape
Really Gets Around
Authority Equals Asskicking
Mind Screw
Big Damn Heroes
Mr. Fanservice
Have a Gay Old Time
Dramedy
Fantastic Racism
The Ace
Offscreen Moment of Awesome
The Reveal
Expy
Make It Look Like an Accident
Fourth Date Marriage
Creative Closing Credits
Gender Flip
Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep"
Funny Background Event
Dogged Nice Guy
World of Ham
Diabolus ex Machina
Moment Killer
The Cameo
Nice Guy
Femme Fatale
Stealth Pun
Artistic License Physics
Only Sane Man
Parental Abandonment
Conspicuous CG
Adorkable
The '50s
Stepford Smiler
Badass Boast
Reality Is Unrealistic
What the Hell, Hero?
Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking
Overprotective Dad
Happily Married
Well-Intentioned Extremist
Improbable Weapon User
Immune to Bullets
All Just a Dream
Does This Remind You of Anything?
Dutch Angle
Dull Surprise
Ugly Guy, Hot Wife
Only Known by Their Nickname
Broken Bird
Very Loosely Based on a True Story
Funny Foreigner
Call-Back
Knight Templar
Bad "Bad Acting"
Vampire Fiction
Despair Event Horizon
Hoist by His Own Petard
Mr. Exposition
Bowdlerise
Green-Eyed Monster
"Where Are They Now?" Epilogue
Smoking Is Cool
Offscreen Teleportation
Villain Song
BFG
Kill It with Fire
Recycled IN SPACE!
Celebrity Paradox
Fun with Acronyms
Aside Glance
Villain with Good Publicity
Tap on the Head
Meaningful Background Event