Tropescilloscope: Police Brutality

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Bar Brawl An Arm and a Leg Laser-Guided Karma Here We Go Again! Artistic License – Military Product Placement Plot Hole What Happened to the Mouse? And the Adventure Continues Public Domain Feature Films Visual Pun Silence Is Golden Victoria's Secret Compartment Bowdlerise Same Language Dub It Can Think Evil Counterpart Ragtag Bunch of Misfits Historical Villain Upgrade Double Entendre Actually Pretty Funny Sir Not-Appearing-in-This-Trailer Only One Name Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds Scare Chord Rewatch Bonus Conspicuous CG The Un-Favourite aka: The Un Favorite Crapsack World The Un-Reveal Rich Bitch Shell-Shocked Veteran All Men Are Perverts Sexy Discretion Shot Stalker with a Crush Creative Closing Credits Fanservice Extra Exactly What It Says on the Tin Mugging the Monster Fate Worse than Death Hypocrite Irony Badass in a Nice Suit Slasher Movie Playing Gertrude Older Than They Look Ms. Fanservice Wrong Genre Savvy Bond Villain Stupidity Only Sane Man Spared by the Adaptation Film Noir Lampshade Hanging Earn Your Happy Ending Horror Comedy I Need a Freaking Drink Badass Normal Screw the Money, I Have Rules! Suddenly SHOUTING! 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Evil Is Petty Re-Cut Love at First Sight Smoking Is Cool Impaled with Extreme Prejudice The Remake Biopic Famous Last Words Hero of Another Story Even Evil Has Loved Ones Heterosexual Life-Partners Neck Snap Chekhov's Gunman Armor-Piercing Question Heroic Sacrifice Real Life Precision F-Strike As You Know Femme Fatale Informed Ability Composite Character Stuff Blowing Up Sequel Escalation Agony of the Feet Jump Scare Big "NO!" Let's Get Dangerous! Groin Attack Chiaroscuro Video Credits Married to the Job Chuck Cunningham Syndrome Novelization Vampire Fiction Fatal Family Photo Frame-Up Pun aka: Incredibly Lame Pun Adaptation Name Change Adaptational Attractiveness Red Oni, Blue Oni Punctuated! For! Emphasis! 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Is a Crapshoot Determinator aka: The Determinator Bland-Name Product And Starring Overprotective Dad Extremely Short Timespan Credits Gag Expository Hairstyle Change Offscreen Moment of Awesome Poor Communication Kills Spiteful Spit Large Ham Creator Cameo Crucified Hero Shot Everyone Has Standards The Mafia Actor Allusion Improbable Aiming Skills Politically Incorrect Villain Apocalypse How Red Eyes, Take Warning Sir Swears-a-Lot He Who Fights Monsters Depraved Bisexual Action Girl Celebrity Paradox Bunny-Ears Lawyer Fat Bastard Overly Long Gag Anachronic Order Thriller Gory Discretion Shot Training Montage Kick the Dog Adaptational Heroism Title Drop The Quiet One Romantic False Lead Artistic License – Law Good Is Not Nice Ambiguous Disorder Sinister Minister Drill Sergeant Nasty Never My Fault Improvised Weapon Make It Look Like an Accident Wicked Cultured Our Zombies Are Different The '90s Anguished Declaration of Love I Want My Beloved to Be Happy Knight Templar Rule of Cool Not So Different Oh, Crap! 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