Tropescilloscope: No Good Deed Goes Unpunished
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No Good Deed Goes Unpunished
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It Can Think
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Beauty Is Never Tarnished
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Title Drop
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Here We Go Again!
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Would Hurt a Child
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She Cleans Up Nicely
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Covers Always Lie
Television Movie Index
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Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy
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Spell My Name with an "S"
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Defiant to the End
Catapult Nightmare
Why Don't You Just Shoot Him?
It's All About Me
Freudian Excuse
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Disappeared Dad
Villain Ball
Whole Plot Reference
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War Is Hell
Cool Guns
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Took a Level in Badass
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Never Trust a Trailer
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Danny Peary Cult Movies List
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Made of Explodium
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Leave the Camera Running
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Older Than They Look
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Jerkass Has a Point
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Screw the Money, I Have Rules!
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Dies Wide Open
Good Is Not Nice
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Shown Their Work
Mama Bear
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Only a Flesh Wound
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Once More, with Clarity!
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I Want My Beloved to Be Happy
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Kids Are Cruel
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After the End
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Green-Eyed Monster
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Made of Iron
She's Got Legs
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Papa Wolf
Dumb Blonde
Drives Like Crazy
Crapsack World
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Rule of Symbolism
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Alas, Poor Villain
Ambiguously Gay
Sassy Black Woman
Sir Not-Appearing-in-This-Trailer
Call-Back
The Casanova
A God Am I
Cluster F-Bomb
He Knows Too Much
Badass Bookworm
Heel Realization
Setting Update
Works Set in World War II
Unresolved Sexual Tension
My Beloved Smother
Stock Footage
Darkest Hour
Unreliable Narrator
The Load
In the Back
Blood Knight
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Immune to Bullets
Interrupted Suicide
Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep"
Lighter and Softer
As You Know
Really Gets Around
Scenery Gorn
Five-Man Band
The Dreaded
Training Montage
Red Oni, Blue Oni
Pragmatic Villainy
Hope Spot
Sinister Minister
Adapted Out
Improbable Aiming Skills
A Father to His Men
You Have Outlived Your Usefulness
Meaningful Background Event
Chewing the Scenery
Punny Name
Running Gag
As Long as It Sounds Foreign
From Bad to Worse
Grievous Bottley Harm
Historical-Domain Character
No-Sell
Pet the Dog
Calling the Old Man Out
Bunny-Ears Lawyer
Pimped-Out Dress
Intrepid Reporter
Jump Scare
Captain Obvious
The Bad Guy Wins
Sole Survivor
Wounded Gazelle Gambit
Knife Nut
Central Theme
It Will Never Catch On
The Stoner
Real Life Writes the Plot
Gender Flip
Dropped a Bridge on Him
Skewed Priorities
Major Injury Underreaction
No OSHA Compliance
From Nobody to Nightmare
The '90s
Crazy-Prepared
Smoking Is Cool
Greater-Scope Villain
Rule of Funny
Adaptation Expansion
Pretty in Mink
Bad Boss
Reality Has No Subtitles
Vitriolic Best Buds
Accidental Misnaming
Important Haircut
Distracted by the Sexy
Idiot Ball
Jerk with a Heart of Gold
Police are Useless
Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right!
Instant Death Bullet
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Hong Kong Films
"The Reason You Suck" Speech
B-Movie
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Wicked Cultured
The Place
Betty and Veronica
Light Is Not Good
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Parental Substitute
Ghost Fiction
Creepy Child
Kill 'em All
Evil Plan
Documentary
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Girl-on-Girl Is Hot
Adorkable
Our Zombies Are Different
Offscreen Moment of Awesome
Time Skip
The Hero Dies
Wretched Hive
Insane Troll Logic
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