Tropescilloscope: Intergenerational Friendship
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Screw the Money, I Have Rules!
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Take That!
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Only One Name
An Arm and a Leg
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"Well Done, Son!" Guy
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Shown Their Work
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Why Don't You Just Shoot Him?
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You Have Failed Me
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Artistic License Biology
Evil Brit
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Spanner in the Works
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Fingore
My God, What Have I Done?
Too Dumb to Live
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Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds
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Central Theme
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Four-Temperament Ensemble
Shell-Shocked Veteran
In the Back
Dramatic Irony
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The Place
Alas, Poor Villain
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Bond One-Liner
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Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right!
Tempting Fate
Hero of Another Story
Properly Paranoid
Pay Evil unto Evil
He Knows Too Much
Alliterative Name
Bittersweet Ending
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