Tropescilloscope: Oh, Crap!
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Video Credits
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Establishing Character Moment
Index of Film Westerns
Took a Level in Badass
Comically Missing the Point
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Meaningful Background Event
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An Aesop
Tempting Fate
Big Bad
Alas, Poor Villain
Hate Sink
Cool Old Lady
Never Trust a Trailer
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I Just Shot Marvin in the Face
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Red Right Hand
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Screw the Money, I Have Rules!
Eyepatch of Power
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The Bad Guy Wins
No Celebrities Were Harmed
Plot Hole
Cain and Abel
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Evil Brit
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Only a Flesh Wound
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Why Don't You Just Shoot Him?
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Love at First Sight
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Only Sane Man
Vomit Indiscretion Shot
Adorkable
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No Name Given
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Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right!
Took a Level in Jerkass
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Documentary
Evil Cannot Comprehend Good
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Not Quite Dead
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Fan Disservice
Maybe Ever After
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Chewing the Scenery
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Authority Equals Asskicking
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Star-Crossed Lovers
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Enemy Mine
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Screw This, I'm Outta Here!
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Victoria's Secret Compartment
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Cool Old Guy
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Crapsack World
Would Hit a Girl
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Aww, Look! They Really Do Love Each Other
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One Steve Limit
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Evil-Detecting Dog
Friend to All Children
Deliberately Monochrome
Fun with Acronyms
You Have Outlived Your Usefulness
Cat Fight
Big Fancy House
Have a Gay Old Time
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Room Full of Crazy
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War Is Hell
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I Did What I Had to Do
Children Are Innocent
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Determinator
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Drugs Are Bad
The Hero
Anguished Declaration of Love
Token Minority
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Defiant to the End
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Disney Death
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Together in Death
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My Greatest Failure
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Good Is Not Nice
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Fate Worse than Death
Earn Your Happy Ending
Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?
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Nice Job Breaking It, Hero!
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Off with His Head!
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Naked People Are Funny
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Jerkass Has a Point
Face Death with Dignity
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Recycled IN SPACE!
Oh, Crap!
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Only One Name
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He Knows Too Much
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Didn't Think This Through
All Just a Dream
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Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil
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Eureka Moment
Big Damn Heroes
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Your Cheating Heart
Berserk Button
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Early Installment Weirdness
Evil Is Petty
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Suddenly SHOUTING!
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A.I. Is a Crapshoot
Mexican Standoff
Hooker with a Heart of Gold
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All There in the Manual
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Hell Is That Noise
From Nobody to Nightmare
Heroes Want Redheads
Almost Kiss
I Have Your Wife
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Attempted Rape
Heel Realization
20 Minutes into the Future
Not Using the "Z" Word
Everyone Has Standards
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Historical-Domain Character
Chekhov's Gunman
Dirty Coward
Cool Car
Kill 'em All
Mad Scientist
Does This Remind You of Anything?
Bowdlerise
Even Evil Has Loved Ones
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Driven to Suicide
My God, What Have I Done?
Stepford Smiler
All There in the Script
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Never Trust a Trailer
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Take a Third Option
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Bolivian Army Ending
Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas