Tropescilloscope: Mexican Standoff

Anyone uses their weapon, everyone dies. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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Heel–Face Turn Stepford Smiler Hope Spot Hero of Another Story Based on a True Story Action Girl Bloodier and Gorier Redshirt Army Epic Fail Artistic License – Military The Voiceless 20 Minutes into the Future Not So Different Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass Race Lift Fingore Jerkass Has a Point Pragmatic Adaptation Unusually Uninteresting Sight Artistic License – Geography Fainting Betty and Veronica timeperiod Logo Joke Offscreen Moment of Awesome Famous Last Words Expy Revenge Roaring Rampage of Revenge Immune to Bullets Kick the Son of a Bitch Drowning My Sorrows Shut Up, Hannibal! Twist Ending A God Am I Catapult Nightmare Heroes Want Redheads There Is No Kill Like Overkill Bullying a Dragon Cain and Abel Bilingual Bonus Those Two Bad Guys Madness Mantra Villain Protagonist Antagonist Title Red Shirt An Arm and a Leg In the Back My God, What Have I Done? Mr. Exposition Properly Paranoid Toilet Humour aka: Toilet Humor Evil Cannot Comprehend Good Heterosexual Life-Partners Soft Glass Gratuitous English Love at First Sight Credits Gag Getting Crap Past the Radar Anyone Can Die Slap-Slap-Kiss Training Montage Male Gaze Sir Not-Appearing-in-This-Trailer Fatal Family Photo Femme Fatale Better to Die than Be Killed Politically Incorrect Villain Jump Scare Put on a Bus Wrong Genre Savvy Reality Has No Subtitles The Great Depression Time Skip Cruel and Unusual Death Cassandra Truth Wham Line Really Gets Around The Film of the Book Disney Death "Shaggy Dog" Story I Did What I Had to Do Pre-Mortem One-Liner Bowdlerise Improbable Weapon User Drill Sergeant Nasty Did Not Get the Girl Breaking the Fourth Wall Screw the Money, I Have Rules! Author Avatar Fiery Redhead Off with His Head! 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