Tropescilloscope: Mooks

Evil soldiers that exist for the sole purpose of being mowed over by The Hero. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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Is a Crapshoot Narrator In the Back Unresolved Sexual Tension Pre-Asskicking One-Liner Bunny-Ears Lawyer Honor Before Reason Never Trust a Trailer aka: Trailers Always Lie Covers Always Lie '80s Hair Here We Go Again! An Arm and a Leg Psycho for Hire Five-Man Band Fate Worse than Death Death by Irony Armor-Piercing Question Retirony Reality Ensues Hooker with a Heart of Gold Serial Killer Depraved Bisexual Deliberately Monochrome Aluminum Christmas Trees Pragmatic Villainy Broken Pedestal Curse Cut Short It's All About Me Bond One-Liner Martial Arts Movie Artistic License – Gun Safety Aside Glance Improvised Weapon Blackmail Catch-Phrase The '90s Imagine Spot Sole Survivor Gender Flip Nothing Is Scarier Call-Forward Yandere Author Avatar Sequel Hook Adaptational Attractiveness Dressing as the Enemy Sealed Evil in a Can Flipping the Bird Screw This, I'm Outta Here! Laser-Guided Karma Jerkass Has a Point Hero of Another Story Aww, Look! 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Is Serious Business Scenery Porn Morality Pet