Tropescilloscope: Pre-Asskicking One-Liner

To do a One-Liner right before you beat someone up. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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Kill It with Fire Offscreen Teleportation Word of God Adaptational Villainy Precision F-Strike Berserk Button Refuge in Audacity Self-Deprecation Stuff Blowing Up Chuck Cunningham Syndrome Red Eyes, Take Warning Last-Name Basis Recycled IN SPACE! Sudden Sequel Death Syndrome Blackmail Jerkass Has a Point Papa Wolf The Sociopath Your Head A-Splode Straight Gay Calling the Old Man Out Our Vampires Are Different Jerk with a Heart of Gold Chekhov's Gunman Henpecked Husband Take That! 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