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Rule of Three You Killed My Father 20 Minutes into the Future MacGuffin No Good Deed Goes Unpunished Names to Run Away from Really Fast No-Sell Psycho for Hire Hoist by His Own Petard Heel–Face Turn Hypocritical Humor Unresolved Sexual Tension The Dreaded One Steve Limit Fire-Forged Friends Defrosting Ice Queen Take That! Hypocrite "Where Are They Now?" 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Artistic License – History Bury Your Gays Faking the Dead Film Noir Index Outrun the Fireball Fantasy Films I Have Your Wife Even Evil Has Loved Ones Evil Plan Male Gaze Back from the Dead Maybe Ever After Real Life Big Bad Duumvirate The Atoner He Who Fights Monsters Belligerent Sexual Tension Downer Ending Stealth Pun Kill 'em All Dutch Angle Character Development Hero of Another Story BFG Bad Boss Sci-Fi Horror Dull Surprise The Vamp Anachronism Stew Green-Eyed Monster Four-Temperament Ensemble Author Avatar Spell My Name with an "S" Television Movie Index