Tropescilloscope: Manly Tears
Even a badass is permitted to shed tears. (read more at tvtropes.org)
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Nothing Is Scarier
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Kids Are Cruel
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War Is Hell
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This Is Gonna Suck
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Redemption Equals Death
Evil Brit
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Hero of Another Story
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I'm a Humanitarian
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Breaking the Fourth Wall
Enemy Mine
The Lost Lenore
Evil Sounds Deep
Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?
Humans Are Bastards
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Rule of Cool
Dies Wide Open
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Pet the Dog
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And the Adventure Continues
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What You Are in the Dark
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Here We Go Again!
As the Good Book Says...
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Everyone Has Standards
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Make It Look Like an Accident
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It Can Think
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Smoking Is Cool
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Rule of Three
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Kill 'em All
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Cool Shades
Rape as Drama
Deus ex Machina
The Film of the Book
Aww, Look! They Really Do Love Each Other
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Hell Is That Noise
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Sir Swears-a-Lot
O.O.C. Is Serious Business
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How We Got Here
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Beauty Is Never Tarnished
I Did What I Had to Do
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Screw This, I'm Outta Here!
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Black Comedy Rape
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The Ace
Drugs Are Bad
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Men Are the Expendable Gender
Nice Job Breaking It, Hero!
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Even Evil Has Standards
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Ragtag Bunch of Misfits
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My God, What Have I Done?
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What the Hell, Hero?
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The End... Or Is It?
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Scary Black Man
Nice Job Fixing It, Villain!
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A Date with Rosie Palms
I Just Shot Marvin in the Face
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A God Am I
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Drowning My Sorrows
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Sir Not-Appearing-in-This-Trailer
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Girl-on-Girl Is Hot
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No Celebrities Were Harmed
Nice Hat
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Names to Run Away from Really Fast
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Every Car Is a Pinto
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Animated Credits Opening
Big "NO!"
Gainax Ending
The Stinger
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Serious Business
Failed a Spot Check
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It's All About Me
Alas, Poor Villain
Refuge in Audacity
Dropped a Bridge on Him
Meaningful Name
Pay Evil unto Evil
Age Lift
Dramatic Gun Cock
Rich Bitch
Bloodier and Gorier
Tap on the Head
Deal with the Devil
The X of Y
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All Just a Dream
No Name Given
The Mole
Good Is Not Nice
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Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy
More Dakka
Needs Wiki Magic Love
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Film Noir Index
Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil
Obviously Evil
Reality Has No Subtitles
Heroes Want Redheads
An Axe to Grind
Jack Bauer Interrogation Technique
Book-Ends
Mama Bear
Skewed Priorities
Woman in White
Boom, Headshot!
Developing Doomed Characters
Bad "Bad Acting"
Back from the Dead
Drill Sergeant Nasty
In Name Only
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Curb-Stomp Battle
Fat Bastard
Death by Adaptation
Badass Grandpa
Foreshadowing
Extremely Short Timespan
Martial Arts Movie
Stuff Blowing Up
Berserk Button
Guns Akimbo
Reality Ensues
Shown Their Work
Artistic License Biology
Missing Mom
Adults Are Useless
Green-Eyed Monster
Half the Man He Used to Be
Fainting
Gorn
Too Dumb to Live
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Outrun the Fireball
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Took a Level in Badass
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Those Two Bad Guys
Our Vampires Are Different
Not So Different
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Not Quite Dead
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Throwing Your Sword Always Works
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Anyone Can Die
Evil Cannot Comprehend Good
Parental Incest
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Honor Before Reason
Anti-Hero
Product Placement
Malevolent Masked Men
Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping
Crapsack World
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Sliding Scale of Idealism vs. Cynicism
Eureka Moment
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Christmas Movies Index
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Sassy Black Woman
Killed Mid-Sentence
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The Sociopath
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Getting Crap Past the Radar
Dark Is Not Evil
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There Is No Kill Like Overkill
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Kick the Dog
After the End
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Break the Cutie
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Jerkass Has a Point
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Those Two Guys
Does This Remind You of Anything?
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Implacable Man
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As Long as It Sounds Foreign
You Killed My Father
Room Full of Crazy
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She's Got Legs
Not What It Looks Like
Big Damn Heroes
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Overprotective Dad
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Spell My Name with an "S"
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Bare Your Midriff
Rule of Symbolism
Exactly What It Says on the Tin
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Reality Is Unrealistic
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Artistic License Law
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Have a Gay Old Time
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Would Hit a Girl
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Coming-of-Age Story
Screw the Rules, I Have Money!
Red Right Hand
Apocalypse How
Amoral Attorney
Non-Indicative Name
Pre-Asskicking One-Liner
Tempting Fate
Horror Doesn't Settle for Simple Tuesday
Crazy Jealous Guy
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Bitch in Sheep's Clothing
Mooks
The Bully
Psychological Thriller
Mighty Whitey
All Men Are Perverts
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Eagleland
My Greatest Failure
Once More, with Clarity!
The Brute
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Screw the Money, I Have Rules!
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Your Cheating Heart
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Attempted Rape
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Mundane Made Awesome
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Television Movie Index
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Domestic Abuse
Chase Scene
Evil vs. Evil
Ripped from the Headlines
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Black Dude Dies First
All Girls Want Bad Boys
Overly Long Gag
Silence Is Golden
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Antagonist Title
The Power of Love
Badass Longcoat
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Badass in a Nice Suit
Impaled with Extreme Prejudice
Meet Cute
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Department of Redundancy Department
Even Evil Has Loved Ones
Exact Words
Soft Glass
Cool Old Lady
Get Out!
Eiffel Tower Effect
Badass Boast
Children Are Innocent
Why Don't You Just Shoot Him?
Artistic License Military
Badass Bookworm
Shut Up, Hannibal!
Riddle for the Ages
The Dragon
For Want of a Nail
Suspiciously Similar Substitute
Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right!
One Steve Limit
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Catapult Nightmare
Combat Pragmatist
Politically Incorrect Villain
Very Loosely Based on a True Story
Bloody Hilarious
Death by Sex
Morality Pet
Plucky Comic Relief
Facial Horror
Real Life Writes the Plot
Anguished Declaration of Love
She Cleans Up Nicely
Jump Scare
Adaptational Attractiveness
Beware the Nice Ones
Daddy's Girl
FaceHeel Turn
Film Series
La Résistance
Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep"
"Awesome McCool" Name
Dutch Angle
Improbable Aiming Skills
Big Fancy House
Index of Film Westerns
Hypocrite
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Hooker with a Heart of Gold
Ship Tease
Title Drop
Insistent Terminology
Random Events Plot
Rated M for Manly
Death by Irony
Disney Death
Arch-Enemy
Freeze-Frame Bonus
Mugging the Monster
Foil
Star-Crossed Lovers
Narrator
Fun with Acronyms
Manly Tears
Black Comedy
Famous Last Words
Wham Line
Spiteful Spit
Driven to Suicide
One-Man Army
Mexican Standoff
Bar Brawl
Alpha Bitch
Unreliable Narrator
Storming the Castle
Vitriolic Best Buds
Accidental Misnaming
Adult Fear
Continuity Nod
Betty and Veronica
Neck Snap
Thriller
Important Haircut
Final Girl
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"Where Are They Now?" Epilogue
Defrosting Ice Queen
Stealth Pun
Sports Stories
Kick the Son of a Bitch
Adapted Out
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aka: Infant Immortality
Bullying a Dragon
Jerk Jock
Dwindling Party
What Happened to the Mouse?
Canadian Movies
Villain with Good Publicity
Arc Words
Bloodless Carnage
Works Set in World War II
Jerk with a Heart of Gold
Made of Iron
Grievous Bottley Harm
Homage
Shout-Out
Broken Aesop
Moment Killer
The Casanova
As You Know
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Unspoken Plan Guarantee
Naked People Are Funny
Cool Guns
You Have Failed Me
Animal Motifs
Funny Background Event
Improbable Weapon User
Bald of Evil
Adaptational Heroism
Only Sane Man
My Beloved Smother
Dull Surprise
Woman Scorned
The Stoic
Bait-and-Switch
Redshirt Army
Wham Shot
Captain Ersatz
Closed Circle
A Minor Kidroduction
Bunny-Ears Lawyer
Take a Third Option
Cassandra Truth
Totally Radical
Artistic License History
Belligerent Sexual Tension
Ungrateful Bastard
The Ditz
The Reveal
Red Oni, Blue Oni
Adaptation Name Change
Action Survivor
Friend to All Children
Sole Survivor
Slap-Slap-Kiss
And I Must Scream
The Hero Dies
Let's Get Dangerous!
Lampshade Hanging
Foregone Conclusion
Fire-Forged Friends
Shell-Shocked Veteran
Evil-Detecting Dog
From Nobody to Nightmare
Show Within a Show
Mercy Kill
Unwitting Instigator of Doom
Does Not Like Shoes
Didn't Think This Through
Cool Car
Never Trust a Trailer
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Punctuated! For! Emphasis!
Conspicuous CG
Demoted to Extra
Defiant to the End
Henpecked Husband
Taking You with Me
Off with His Head!
Punny Name
Neck Lift
No-Holds-Barred Beatdown
Evil Laugh
Would Hurt a Child
Ax-Crazy
Truth in Television
Retirony
Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane
Diabolus ex Machina
Only Known by Their Nickname
Pragmatic Villainy
Light Is Not Good
Black Best Friend
Pre-Mortem One-Liner
Smug Snake
Kubrick Stare
No Good Deed Goes Unpunished
Eye Scream
Ascended Extra
Line-of-Sight Name
Slasher Smile
One-Word Title
Fate Worse than Death
Ghost Fiction
Police are Useless
Affably Evil
Dark Action Girl
Scenery Porn
Romantic False Lead
Reasonable Authority Figure
The Cameo
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Chuck Cunningham Syndrome
Bond Villain Stupidity
True Companions
Evil Is Hammy
Affectionate Parody
Public Domain Feature Films
Fatal Family Photo
The Quiet One
Pretty in Mink
Real Life
The Un-Reveal
The Bad Guy Wins
Death Seeker
Four-Temperament Ensemble
Dirty Coward
Love Triangle
Hollywood Law
Insult Backfire
Bring My Brown Pants
Dissonant Serenity
Motor Mouth