Tropescilloscope: Sassy Black Woman

A black woman with a big voice and an even bigger attitude. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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Rasputinian Death Arranged Marriage Bloody Hilarious Comically Missing the Point Adaptation Expansion Protagonist Title Crucified Hero Shot Bland-Name Product Manipulative Bastard Ironic Echo Mood Whiplash Maybe Ever After Bilingual Bonus My Beloved Smother No Ending Retired Badass Hypocritical Humor Military and Warfare Films Ambiguously Gay Black Comedy "Where Are They Now?" Epilogue Adaptation Dye-Job Asshole Victim Mugging the Monster Historical In-Joke Darker and Edgier The Stoner Your Cheating Heart Italian Films Manly Tears Karma Houdini Needs Wiki Magic Love Improbable Infant Survival aka: Infant Immortality Eureka Moment Say My Name Stuff Blowing Up Villain Ball The Dog Bites Back Unreliable Narrator Drowning My Sorrows Mighty Whitey This Is Gonna Suck What Happened to the Mouse? 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Action Genre Rule of Cool Mr. Exposition Market-Based Title Abhorrent Admirer Serious Business Cloudcuckoolander Betty and Veronica Tagline Riddle for the Ages Badass Grandpa Adorkable Shell-Shocked Veteran Star-Crossed Lovers Wounded Gazelle Gambit Colour-Coded for Your Convenience aka: Color Coded For Your Convenience Japanese Films Every Car Is a Pinto You Have Failed Me Not Using the "Z" Word Hate Sink Defiant to the End French Films The Reveal Book-Ends Pretty Little Headshots Sassy Black Woman And Starring Cassandra Truth Novelization The Dreaded Manic Pixie Dream Girl Obstructive Bureaucrat Early Installment Weirdness The Hero Superhero Evil-Detecting Dog Closed Circle Flipping the Bird Toilet Humour aka: Toilet Humor Extremely Short Timespan Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right! 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