Tropescilloscope: Insane Troll Logic

A character creates numerous logical fallacies or bizarre leaps in logic. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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NO INDOOR VOICE Impaled with Extreme Prejudice Peek-a-Boo Corpse Historical-Domain Character All Men Are Perverts Video Credits Does This Remind You of Anything? 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Reality Has No Subtitles Scenery Porn Badass Grandpa Red Eyes, Take Warning Brick Joke I Need a Freaking Drink It Will Never Catch On Leave the Camera Running Roger Ebert: Great Movies List Chewing the Scenery A Date with Rosie Palms Villain Ball The Ghost Taking You with Me Author Avatar Arc Words MacGuffin Insane Troll Logic Documentary Shout-Out One-Man Army Accidental Misnaming Foregone Conclusion It's Personal Body Horror Retcon Red Herring Evil Plan Punctuated! For! Emphasis! Hong Kong Films Curb-Stomp Battle Break the Haughty Dying Moment of Awesome The Lancer Time Skip Bilingual Bonus Nice Hat Refuge in Audacity Jitter Cam Bare Your Midriff Calling the Old Man Out A.I. Is a Crapshoot Horror Films Cloudcuckoolander Ominous Latin Chanting The Oner Vomit Indiscretion Shot Villain Opening Scene Bring My Brown Pants Fanservice Pragmatic Villainy The Ace Serious Business The Stoic Imagine Spot Smoking Is Cool Pre-Asskicking One-Liner Dramatic Irony You Have Got to Be Kidding Me! 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Would Hurt a Child Here We Go Again! 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Is Serious Business Extreme Doormat Every Car Is a Pinto Film Noir Mr. Exposition Adaptation Expansion Corpsing Biopic Translation Convention Reasonable Authority Figure Television Movie Index Vampire Fiction The Quiet One Politically Incorrect Villain Broken Aesop This Is Gonna Suck Index of Film Westerns Freudian Excuse Attempted Rape Real Life Writes the Plot Affectionate Parody Sequel Hook Fake Shemp The Sociopath Laser-Guided Karma Hooker with a Heart of Gold Flipping the Bird For Want of a Nail Match Cut Character Development Hair-Trigger Temper Insult Backfire I Just Shot Marvin in the Face Missing Mom Why Don't You Just Shoot Him? No OSHA Compliance Chuck Cunningham Syndrome Bad Boss Psychological Thriller Male Gaze Badass Bookworm Evil Is Petty Betty and Veronica Music Stories Badass Normal The Mafia Dirty Coward Crazy Jealous Guy Guile Hero Arranged Marriage Defiant to the End Gilligan Cut Unreliable Narrator Once More, with Clarity! 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