Tropescilloscope: Revenge

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It Will Never Catch On The Dog Bites Back Idiot Ball Gainax Ending Monumental Damage German Films Rule of Three Wham Shot Police are Useless Did Not Get the Girl Camp Gay Ship Tease Silent Movie Your Head A-Splode Lampshade Hanging Broken Pedestal Affectionate Parody Coming-of-Age Story Redemption Equals Death Happily Married Knight Templar Artistic License – Geography Beauty Is Never Tarnished Pyrrhic Victory Unspoken Plan Guarantee Kill 'em All Blood Knight Neck Snap Anti-Villain Rule of Funny Failed a Spot Check Expy MacGuffin Dies Wide Open Body Horror Psychological Thriller One-Man Army Actually Pretty Funny The Stinger Faking the Dead Blackmail Lighter and Softer No-Sell Chekhov's Gun The '50s Rewatch Bonus Gilligan Cut One-Word Title Not What It Looks Like Adult Fear The Brute Video Credits The Ace Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking Bilingual Bonus Never My Fault Anachronic Order Brother–Sister Incest Cool Shades Guns Akimbo Fat Bastard My God, What Have I Done? Straight Gay Ominous Latin Chanting Never Trust a Trailer Drowning My Sorrows Dirty Coward Vitriolic Best Buds Wham Line Driven to Suicide Too Dumb to Live Let's Get Dangerous! Punch-Clock Villain French Films Rape as Drama Punny Name Damsel in Distress 20 Minutes into the Future Death Glare Auto Erotica Dissonant Serenity Anti-Hero Shut Up, Hannibal! Slasher Movie Cold-Blooded Torture Drives Like Crazy Dark and Troubled Past Ripped from the Headlines Ragtag Bunch of Misfits Match Cut Knife Nut Catch-Phrase Off with His Head! Vomit Indiscretion Shot Insult Backfire Took a Level in Jerkass Deliberately Monochrome Love Triangle Get Out! Ascended Extra Leave the Camera Running Dropped a Bridge on Him Gender Flip No Celebrities Were Harmed The '70s Stock Footage Wretched Hive Riddle for the Ages Scenery Gorn Stylistic Suck Spell My Name with an "S" The Mole Eldritch Abomination Screw the Money, I Have Rules! 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For! Emphasis! Say My Name Not Using the "Z" Word Even Evil Has Standards "Shaggy Dog" Story Improbable Weapon User Heterosexual Life-Partners Evil Cannot Comprehend Good Determinator aka: The Determinator Really Gets Around Dual Wielding Ambiguous Disorder Cat Scare Chewing the Scenery Arc Words Book-Ends Thriller The '90s Neck Lift Shower Scene Action Survivor Wounded Gazelle Gambit Our Vampires Are Different Dark Is Not Evil For the Evulz Psycho for Hire Broken Bird Adaptational Attractiveness Random Events Plot Needs Wiki Magic Love Awesome, but Impractical Reality Ensues Blonde, Brunette, Redhead I Want My Beloved to Be Happy Villainous Breakdown Black Best Friend Red Shirt Grey and Gray Morality Disney Death Kill It with Fire The Stoic Serious Business Would Hit a Girl Noodle Incident The '80s Award-Bait Song Revenge Children Are Innocent Unwitting Instigator of Doom Daddy's Girl Action Film, Quiet Drama Scene Victoria's Secret Compartment Line-of-Sight Name Double Entendre And the Adventure Continues Alas, Poor Villain The Bully Death Seeker Dull Surprise Cowboy Cop Author Avatar Villain Opening Scene Taking the Bullet Real Life The '60s Romantic False Lead Meaningful Echo Retcon Pragmatic Villainy Berserk Button Pretty Little Headshots Hollywood Law Action Girl Off-into-the-Distance Ending Disproportionate Retribution Break the Haughty Sadistic Choice Recap / RiffTrax aka: Riff Trax Movies Index of Film Westerns Not So Stoic Antagonist Title Adaptational Heroism Nice Guy Fiery Redhead Batman Gambit Papa Wolf Christmas Movies Index Distracted by the Sexy Sir Swears-a-Lot Handicapped Badass Foil Animated Credits Opening Last-Name Basis Documentary Gory Discretion Shot I'm a Humanitarian Breaking the Fourth Wall Paper-Thin Disguise Historical-Domain Character Didn't Think This Through Spiteful Spit Deconstruction Butt-Monkey Never Trust a Trailer aka: Trailers Always Lie Bowdlerise Market-Based Title Adapted Out Adaptation Expansion Heel Realization Chuck Cunningham Syndrome Slasher Smile Twist Ending Malevolent Masked Men Red Right Hand The Ditz Empathic Environment No OSHA Compliance Pet the Dog Those Two Bad Guys Death by Adaptation Chase Scene Sinister Minister The Remake Ghost Fiction Mooks Villain Protagonist All Men Are Perverts Small Name, Big Ego Zombie Stories Annoying Younger Sibling Villain Song No Ending Depraved Bisexual Film Noir Index Dirty Old Man Bunny-Ears Lawyer Face Death with Dignity The X of Y Heroes Want Redheads Bloody Hilarious Belligerent Sexual Tension Mind Screw Frame-Up Character Development Shown Their Work Woman Scorned The Smurfette Principle Actor Allusion Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right! 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And I Must Scream Call-Back Cassandra Truth Irony Impaled with Extreme Prejudice Accidental Murder Adaptational Villainy Card-Carrying Villain Cat Fight Defrosting Ice Queen Bavarian Fire Drill Better to Die than Be Killed Destination Defenestration From Bad to Worse Black Dude Dies First Married to the Job Visual Pun Only in It for the Money Undying Loyalty Casting Gag Mighty Whitey Superhero Only One Name Chekhov's Skill Unresolved Sexual Tension Badass Boast Science Fiction Films Foreshadowing Gorn Curse Cut Short Oh, Crap! Toilet Humour aka: Toilet Humor Here We Go Again! Fate Worse than Death It's All About Me Psychopathic Manchild Call-Forward Evil Laugh Kick the Son of a Bitch Intergenerational Friendship Big Applesauce Cain and Abel Badass Normal Important Haircut Overly Long Gag I Need a Freaking Drink Once More, with Clarity! 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Reasonable Authority Figure Ugly Guy, Hot Wife Abhorrent Admirer And Starring Mood Whiplash You Killed My Father Blood from the Mouth Comically Missing the Point Artistic License – History Fan Disservice Does Not Like Shoes Mythology Gag Celebrity Paradox For Want of a Nail Action Genre Combat Pragmatist Television Movie Index Bad Boss Early-Bird Cameo Have a Gay Old Time Humiliation Conga How We Got Here Real Life Writes the Plot Department of Redundancy Department Spared by the Adaptation Closed Circle Creative Closing Credits Establishing Character Moment Based on a True Story Would Hurt a Child Ass Shove Suspiciously Specific Denial Exact Words Sexy Discretion Shot Posthumous Character Pay Evil unto Evil Disguised in Drag Big Eater Epic Fail Tap on the Head Gratuitous English Fantastic Racism Author Appeal Air-Vent Passageway Your Cheating Heart Cloudcuckoolander Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil Police Brutality Smug Snake The Film of the Book Precision F-Strike Nothing Is Scarier Up to Eleven Scenery Porn Friend to All Children Blatant Lies Male Frontal Nudity Conspicuous CG Adaptational Badass Arch-Enemy The Chick BFG Scary Black Man Naïve Newcomer Hope Spot Eye Scream Adaptation Name Change Improbable Aiming Skills Freeze-Frame Bonus Fantasy Films Scare Chord Dogged Nice Guy She's Got Legs The Oner The Lost Lenore Dirty Cop Very Loosely Based on a True Story Big Damn Heroes Love at First Sight Ambiguous Ending Non-Indicative Name Dark Action Girl Hooker with a Heart of Gold Eiffel Tower Effect Running Gag Nice Hat Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping Retirony World of Ham Parental Neglect The Lancer Slap-Slap-Kiss Adults Are Useless Evil-Detecting Dog Fatal Flaw An Axe to Grind My Greatest Failure He Who Fights Monsters Vacation Films Sassy Black Woman Hair-Trigger Temper I Just Shot Marvin in the Face Honor Before Reason Corrupt Corporate Executive Big "NO!" Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold Product Placement Protagonist Title Alliterative Name The End... Or Is It? Guile Hero Funny Foreigner Villain Ball No Name Given Flipping the Bird Offscreen Teleportation Animal Motifs Improbable Infant Survival aka: Infant Immortality Due to the Dead Crazy-Prepared Kick the Dog Hypocritical Humor Mercy Kill Badass Grandpa In Medias Res