Tropescilloscope: O.O.C. Is Serious Business

They don't always act out of character. But when they do... something's wrong. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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Extremely Short Timespan Credits Gag Drugs Are Bad Nice Job Breaking It, Hero! Sir Swears-a-Lot Ax-Crazy Love Triangle Artistic License – History Black Comedy Rape Ripped from the Headlines Advertised Extra Disguised in Drag Screw the Rules, I Have Money! Hell Is That Noise Parental Abandonment Vomit Indiscretion Shot The Reveal Christmas Movies Index Fate Worse than Death No Name Given "The Reason You Suck" Speech Loads and Loads of Characters Spell My Name with an "S" Crazy-Prepared One-Man Army My Greatest Failure Unresolved Sexual Tension Bound and Gagged Disappeared Dad Retcon Historical-Domain Character Totally Radical Dressing as the Enemy Adaptation Dye-Job Gilligan Cut Canon Foreigner A Date with Rosie Palms Title Drop Anti-Villain Demoted to Extra Villain Ball Black Comedy Five-Man Band Ironic Echo Shut Up, Hannibal! 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