Tropescilloscope: Revenge

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Slap-Slap-Kiss Say My Name Dirty Cop Bi the Way Anti-Villain Insane Troll Logic Jump Scare Gory Discretion Shot Due to the Dead Aluminum Christmas Trees Stalker with a Crush Mercy Kill The Bad Guy Wins Badass Longcoat Adaptational Attractiveness Creator Cameo Not What It Looks Like Deliberately Monochrome Blood from the Mouth Unusually Uninteresting Sight Straight Gay Drill Sergeant Nasty Cowboy Cop Combat Pragmatist Gratuitous English Eagleland Super Strength Race Against the Clock Novelization Creepy Child Screw This, I'm Outta Here! 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