Tropescilloscope: Nice Job Fixing It, Villain!

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One-Man Army Call-Back Frame-Up Small Name, Big Ego Sinister Minister Took a Level in Jerkass Wrong Genre Savvy Captain Obvious Face–Heel Turn Cowboy Cop Expository Hairstyle Change Names to Run Away from Really Fast Genre Shift Gory Discretion Shot Undying Loyalty Suddenly SHOUTING! Tap on the Head The '80s Humiliation Conga Dull Surprise Product Placement It Will Never Catch On Amoral Attorney More Dakka How We Got Here Antagonist Title Department of Redundancy Department There Is No Kill Like Overkill Word of God Random Events Plot Pay Evil unto Evil Recap / RiffTrax aka: Riff Trax Movies Narrator Card-Carrying Villain A Date with Rosie Palms War Is Hell Re-Cut Author Appeal Here We Go Again! 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Is a Crapshoot Cassandra Truth Would Hurt a Child Final Girl Offscreen Moment of Awesome Bad "Bad Acting" Punctuated! For! Emphasis! Alas, Poor Villain Canadian Movies Those Wacky Nazis Pretty in Mink Those Two Bad Guys Manic Pixie Dream Girl Superhero Stealth Hi/Bye The Remake Woman in White After the End For the Evulz Red Oni, Blue Oni Novelization Despair Event Horizon Dirty Coward Exact Words The Cavalry Noodle Incident Animated Credits Opening Sir Not-Appearing-in-This-Trailer Self-Deprecation Kick the Dog Ascended Extra Mr. Exposition Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane Kill It with Fire Parental Substitute Due to the Dead Age Lift Italian Films Sealed Evil in a Can Arch-Enemy Ambiguous Ending Christmas Movies Index Blackmail An Axe to Grind Screw the Money, I Have Rules! Deliberately Monochrome Historical In-Joke Accidental Misnaming Big Damn Heroes Double-Meaning Title What the Hell, Hero? 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Death by Irony Bloodier and Gorier Evil Brit Darkest Hour Wicked Cultured Artistic License – Gun Safety Nice Guy Mama Bear Back from the Dead Fat Bastard The Oner Deus ex Machina Vomit Discretion Shot Getting Crap Past the Radar Gainax Ending Real Life Anachronic Order Meaningful Name Karmic Death Adult Fear Peek-a-Boo Corpse It's All About Me Martial Arts Movie Offscreen Teleportation Married to the Job Didn't Think This Through Horror Comedy Slap-Slap-Kiss Children Are Innocent Insane Troll Logic Freeze-Frame Bonus Broken Aesop My God, What Have I Done? Let's Get Dangerous! Meaningful Background Event Leitmotif Mood Whiplash Extremely Short Timespan Insult Backfire Anachronism Stew Obfuscating Stupidity Interrupted Suicide Actor Allusion Trailers Always Spoil No Good Deed Goes Unpunished Downer Ending Chekhov's Gun Green-Eyed Monster Screw the Rules, I Have Money! 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Never Found the Body Sequel Hook For Want of a Nail Arc Words The Lancer Playing Gertrude And Starring Unwitting Instigator of Doom Epic Fail Not Using the "Z" Word Affectionate Parody Even Evil Has Loved Ones Armor-Piercing Question Suspiciously Specific Denial Brick Joke Reality Ensues Adaptational Attractiveness Overly Long Gag Actually Pretty Funny Cat Fight The Stoic Authority Equals Asskicking Villain Song Scenery Gorn Adaptation Expansion Rule of Three Video Credits And I Must Scream Together in Death Corrupt Corporate Executive "Awesome McCool" Name Hidden Depths Hero Antagonist Suspiciously Similar Substitute Irony He Knows Too Much Bitch in Sheep's Clothing Villain Protagonist The Atoner Advertised Extra Parental Abandonment Same Language Dub Sexy Discretion Shot Alliterative Name Be Careful What You Wish For Straight Gay Evil Is Hammy Unspoken Plan Guarantee Dutch Angle Annoying Younger Sibling The Lost Lenore Improbable Aiming Skills In Medias Res The Brute Evil vs. Evil Informed Ability All There in the Manual Artistic License – Law Ass Shove Chiaroscuro Mr. Fanservice Defiant to the End Big Bad Duumvirate Gratuitous English Intrepid Reporter Bunny-Ears Lawyer Reality Has No Subtitles Those Two Guys Crapsack World Anyone Can Die Broken Pedestal Ungrateful Bastard Big Fancy House Captain Ersatz She's Got Legs Abusive Parents Combat Pragmatist Historical Hero Upgrade Bound and Gagged The Musical Scenery Porn Anti-Hero Death by Adaptation Russian Films Book-Ends The Ditz Pyrrhic Victory Pre-Asskicking One-Liner Diabolus ex Machina Adaptational Badass Needs Wiki Magic Love Coming-of-Age Story Ghost Fiction Casting Gag Hong Kong Films Military and Warfare Films Villain Ball Hero of Another Story Faux Affably Evil Paper-Thin Disguise He Who Fights Monsters Almost Kiss It's Personal Show Within a Show Bland-Name Product Politically Incorrect Villain Everyone Has Standards Your Cheating Heart Neck Lift Crazy-Prepared Make It Look Like an Accident Not What It Looks Like Good Is Not Nice Attempted Rape Big-Bad Ensemble Bad Boss Developing Doomed Characters Empathic Environment Pimped-Out Dress Bloody Hilarious Fantastic Racism Chewing the Scenery In Name Only Film Noir Index Unreliable Narrator Happily Married Leaning on the Fourth Wall Logo Joke Funny Background Event Loophole Abuse The Smurfette Principle Sci-Fi Horror Line-of-Sight Name Punny Name Spared by the Adaptation B-Movie Anguished Declaration of Love The Big Guy Hooker with a Heart of Gold Japanese Films One Steve Limit Retired Badass Fish out of Water Sole Survivor Biopic Cluster F-Bomb What You Are in the Dark She Cleans Up Nicely Call-Forward Time Skip You Have Failed Me Humans Are Bastards Boom, Headshot! Cool Old Lady Jerkass Big Eater Car Fu Real Life Writes the Plot I Did What I Had to Do An Aesop Punch-Clock Villain Dramatic Irony The Dog Bites Back Brother–Sister Incest Covers Always Lie Evil Is Petty Berserk Button Insistent Terminology Chase Scene Retcon Adaptational Heroism Lampshade Hanging Worthy Opponent Villainous Breakdown Mugging the Monster Pragmatic Villainy "Shaggy Dog" Story Jump Scare Bloodless Carnage All There in the Script The Alcoholic Disguised in Drag Artistic License – Military Hollywood Darkness Important Haircut Artistic License – Geography Epic Movie '80s Hair Grey and Gray Morality Malevolent Masked Men Race Against the Clock The Place Historical Villain Upgrade Stuff Blowing Up The X of Y Disney Villain Death Shown Their Work Moment Killer Bavarian Fire Drill Monumental Damage Jack Bauer Interrogation Technique Girl-on-Girl Is Hot Title Drop Sadistic Choice Fun with Acronyms Gorn Ripped from the Headlines True Companions My Greatest Failure Obstructive Bureaucrat An Arm and a Leg Fanservice Extra Dramatic Gun Cock Red Right Hand Action Girl Soundtrack Dissonance Death Glare Country Matters Conspicuous CG Double Entendre Adorkable Wretched Hive Love Triangle Dark Reprise Rule of Funny Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right! 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