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Soft Glass Central Theme Gender Flip Breaking the Fourth Wall Evil Is Hammy Ironic Echo Abusive Parents Empathic Environment NO INDOOR VOICE Small Name, Big Ego Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas Kill 'em All Butt-Monkey Lighter and Softer Hero Antagonist Decoy Protagonist Peek-a-Boo Corpse Leaning on the Fourth Wall Black Best Friend Disney Death Never Trust a Trailer aka: Trailers Always Lie Romantic Comedy Greater-Scope Villain Captain Obvious Plot Hole Evil Cannot Comprehend Good Improbable Weapon User Evil Counterpart Screw the Money, I Have Rules! Trailers Always Spoil Horror Films Obviously Evil The Stinger Fanservice Extra Broken Aesop Setting Update Creator Cameo Thriller Exactly What It Says on the Tin Shirtless Scene Eagleland My Greatest Failure Catch-Phrase Knight Templar Cloudcuckoolander Defrosting Ice Queen Punctuated! For! Emphasis! Framing Device Loophole Abuse My God, What Have I Done? Casting Gag Five-Man Band Sequel Hook My Beloved Smother Get Out! 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Is Serious Business Damsel in Distress Obstructive Bureaucrat Good Is Not Nice Plucky Comic Relief Anyone Can Die The Smart Guy Rule of Cool Mistaken for Gay Cool Shades Instant Death Bullet Meet Cute Male Frontal Nudity Based on a True Story For Want of a Nail Mama Bear Shell-Shocked Veteran Ms. Fanservice The Brute Hooker with a Heart of Gold Our Zombies Are Different Recycled IN SPACE! Brutal Honesty Intergenerational Friendship Romantic False Lead The Quiet One Antagonist Title Why Did It Have to Be Snakes? 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