Tropescilloscope: One-Man Army

One warrior with the strength of many. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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Easily Forgiven Anyone Can Die Faux Affably Evil Anguished Declaration of Love Determinator aka: The Determinator Historical-Domain Character Sequel Escalation Pay Evil unto Evil Humiliation Conga Pun aka: Incredibly Lame Pun All for Nothing Instant Death Bullet No Good Deed Goes Unpunished Artistic License – Biology Batman Gambit Smug Snake Those Two Bad Guys Tranquil Fury Deliberate Values Dissonance Horror Comedy Dramatic Irony No OSHA Compliance She Cleans Up Nicely Nice Job Breaking It, Hero! Kids Are Cruel My Greatest Failure Handicapped Badass Amusing Injuries Bunny-Ears Lawyer Video Credits Kick the Son of a Bitch Too Dumb to Live Adults Are Useless Lock and Load Montage In the Back Scenery Gorn Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil The Reveal Bland-Name Product Leave the Camera Running The Stinger Fanservice Extra Kick the Dog Nice Guy The Un-Favourite aka: The Un Favorite And the Adventure Continues Jerkass Has a Point Took a Level in Jerkass In Name Only Visual Pun The Remake Take That! Our Zombies Are Different Off with His Head! Improbable Weapon User Psycho for Hire Cat Fight Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right! Screw This, I'm Outta Here! Wrong Genre Savvy Exactly What It Says on the Tin Brother–Sister Incest Fun with Acronyms Beauty Is Never Tarnished Femme Fatale Obviously Evil Bitch in Sheep's Clothing Abusive Parents For Want of a Nail Sudden Sequel Death Syndrome Drugs Are Bad Affectionate Parody Knife Nut Gone Horribly Right Redemption Equals Death Match Cut Dogged Nice Guy Maybe Ever After After the End Coming-of-Age Story Only One Name Adaptation Dye-Job Say My Name Genre Throwback Air-Vent Passageway Abhorrent Admirer Asshole Victim Laughing Mad Cain and Abel Men Are the Expendable Gender Hollywood Darkness Hooker with a Heart of Gold Bloodier and Gorier Action Girl Advertised Extra Stealth Hi/Bye Foil All Just a Dream Big-Bad Ensemble Tagline Wham Line Not So Above It All Evil Cannot Comprehend Good Parental Neglect Grey and Gray Morality Pretty Little Headshots Shower Scene Taking the Bullet Public Domain Feature Films Fan Disservice Rated M for Manly As You Know Domestic Abuse Fish out of Water Italian Films Accidental Murder Psychopathic Manchild Flashback Heroic BSoD Parental Substitute The Alleged Car The Hero Adaptation Name Change All Girls Want Bad Boys Police Brutality Butt-Monkey Heel–Face Turn Evil Sounds Deep Parental Abandonment I Have Your Wife Evil Counterpart Parental Incest Aluminum Christmas Trees Break the Cutie Big Damn Heroes Real Life Mighty Whitey Leitmotif Psychological Thriller No Antagonist Creator Cameo Sliding Scale of Idealism vs. Cynicism What You Are in the Dark Villain with Good Publicity Storming the Castle I Want My Beloved to Be Happy Red Shirt Darker and Edgier Anti-Hero One-Man Army Not So Different Punctuated! 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Is a Crapshoot Sir Not-Appearing-in-This-Trailer Light Is Not Good Shell-Shocked Veteran The Ace Intrepid Reporter Call-Back Chase Scene Rule of Cool Ascended Extra Reality Has No Subtitles Market-Based Title Twist Ending Big Bad Karmic Death Defiant to the End Demonic Possession Your Cheating Heart Eyepatch of Power Politically Incorrect Villain Deadpan Snarker Villain Protagonist Hope Spot Destination Defenestration Rule of Symbolism Almost Kiss Police are Useless Married to the Job Peek-a-Boo Corpse Mr. Exposition Reality Ensues Empathic Environment Epic Movie Chewing the Scenery Bring My Brown Pants Good Is Not Nice Race Lift Narrator Bowdlerise '80s Hair Celebrity Paradox Apocalypse How Victoria's Secret Compartment Outrun the Fireball Casting Gag Mercy Kill Poor Communication Kills Ship Tease The Hero Dies Body Horror Needs Wiki Magic Love Adaptation Expansion Ambiguous Ending Artistic License – Law Wicked Cultured Setting Update Humans Are Bastards Attempted Rape Retired Badass Only in It for the Money The Dragon Historical In-Joke Stepford Smiler Continuity Nod An Axe to Grind Loads and Loads of Characters Motor Mouth Man on Fire Malevolent Masked Men Bavarian Fire Drill Killed Mid-Sentence A Father to His Men I Just Shot Marvin in the Face Shout-Out The Brute He Who Fights Monsters Bury Your Gays Hate Sink Pragmatic Adaptation Scary Black Man Foreshadowing Distracted by the Sexy Dirty Old Man Slashed Throat Manly Tears The '70s Scenery Porn Canon Foreigner Sealed Evil in a Can Meaningful Echo Kill 'em All Monumental Damage Hero Antagonist Offscreen Teleportation How We Got Here Mexican Standoff Bait-and-Switch Heroic Sacrifice Crazy Jealous Guy Award-Bait Song Cassandra Truth Gratuitous English No-Holds-Barred Beatdown Unwitting Instigator of Doom Immune to Bullets O.O.C. Is Serious Business Soundtrack Dissonance For the Evulz Time Skip You Have Got to Be Kidding Me! 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Paper-Thin Disguise Meaningful Background Event War Is Hell Line-of-Sight Name Awesome, but Impractical Developing Doomed Characters Would Hit a Girl Improbable Aiming Skills "Where Are They Now?" Epilogue Bittersweet Ending Love at First Sight Irony Sadistic Choice Shipper on Deck It's Personal Be Careful What You Wish For Last-Name Basis Fake Shemp Manchild Informed Ability Made of Explodium Deconstruction Serial Killer Antagonist Title The Ditz It Can Think Fantasy Films Heroes Want Redheads As the Good Book Says... No Ending Spanner in the Works Downer Ending Four-Temperament Ensemble Nice Hat The Stoic Fanservice Funny Background Event Dark Reprise Corrupt Corporate Executive The '80s Break the Haughty The Musical Villain Opening Scene Neck Lift Why Don't You Just Shoot Him? 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