Tropescilloscope: Improbable Infant Survival aka: Infant Immortality

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Only a Flesh Wound Mistaken for Gay Evil Cannot Comprehend Good Offscreen Teleportation I Need a Freaking Drink Fun with Acronyms Pet the Dog Retcon Running Gag Big Eater Fanservice Extra All Just a Dream Hypocritical Humor Manipulative Bastard Tempting Fate The Hero Sliding Scale of Idealism vs. Cynicism Disney Villain Death Shout-Out The Reveal Obviously Evil Pre-Asskicking One-Liner Missing Mom Creator Cameo Police Brutality The Sociopath Stealth Hi/Bye The Chick No Celebrities Were Harmed The Quiet One Evil Counterpart Line-of-Sight Name Historical-Domain Character Toplessness from the Back Babies Ever After Shut Up, Hannibal! Pay Evil unto Evil The Chessmaster Meaningful Echo Action Genre And the Adventure Continues My God, What Have I Done? Half the Man He Used to Be Country Matters Dutch Angle MacGuffin Jitter Cam Evil vs. Evil Scare Chord Silent Movie Let's Get Dangerous! 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