Tropescilloscope: Only a Flesh Wound

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The '60s Anti-Villain Last-Name Basis Rewatch Bonus Reality Has No Subtitles Dutch Angle Morality Pet Non-Indicative Name Unspoken Plan Guarantee Hooker with a Heart of Gold Captain Obvious Nice Guy Ominous Latin Chanting Papa Wolf Attempted Rape Not Even Bothering with the Accent Light Is Not Good Parental Incest Awesome, but Impractical Manly Tears Large Ham Only in It for the Money Action Film, Quiet Drama Scene Scenery Porn Artistic License – Physics Evil Plan Nothing Is Scarier Pun aka: Incredibly Lame Pun Slasher Movie Real Life Affably Evil Evil Sounds Deep Never Trust a Trailer aka: Trailers Always Lie Adaptational Heroism Hero of Another Story Outrun the Fireball Dramatic Gun Cock Frame-Up Advertised Extra Really Gets Around Affectionate Parody Pyrrhic Victory Men Are the Expendable Gender The Oner Casting Gag Spiteful Spit Disney Villain Death What You Are in the Dark Pretty Little Headshots The Stinger Artistic License – Gun Safety Chewing the Scenery Film Noir Heroes Want Redheads Historical-Domain Character Jerk with a Heart of Gold Fatal Family Photo Psycho for Hire Dark and Troubled Past Stepford Smiler Stylistic Suck Villain Song Worthy Opponent Freeze-Frame Bonus Gorn Bad Boss Redshirt Army Stalker with a Crush Unwitting Instigator of Doom Bi the Way Never Trust a Trailer Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil Brutal Honesty All Men Are Perverts All There in the Script You Have Got to Be Kidding Me! 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Bad "Bad Acting" Nice Job Breaking It, Hero! Bilingual Bonus Homage Even Evil Has Loved Ones No Name Given Toilet Humour aka: Toilet Humor Very Loosely Based on a True Story Retirony Apocalypse How The '90s Horror Doesn't Settle for Simple Tuesday Destination Defenestration Those Two Guys Red Eyes, Take Warning Funny Background Event Cool Car Epic Movie No Ending Storming the Castle Australian Movies Grievous Bottley Harm Together in Death What Happened to the Mouse? Science Fiction Films Love Triangle Horror Films Aww, Look! 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