Tropescilloscope: Laughing Mad

Laughter as an expression of insanity. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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Is a Crapshoot Manic Pixie Dream Girl Title Drop Gainax Ending Overprotective Dad Our Vampires Are Different Death by Sex Despair Event Horizon Hope Spot No Name Given Take That! Rule of Cool The Sociopath Mama Bear Ambiguously Gay Fan Disservice Pimped-Out Dress Dressing as the Enemy No-Holds-Barred Beatdown Interrupted Suicide Dark Action Girl Country Matters Unwitting Instigator of Doom All for Nothing The Cameo Mystery and Detective Films You Have Got to Be Kidding Me! Laser-Guided Karma Self-Deprecation Cat Scare Word of God Artistic License – Physics Police Brutality Butt-Monkey Actor Allusion Not What It Looks Like There Is No Kill Like Overkill "Shaggy Dog" Story Off with His Head! 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Emphasis! 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