Tropescilloscope: Self-Deprecation

Making fun of yourself. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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Evil Laugh Camp Gay "Shaggy Dog" Story Foil Plucky Comic Relief Male Frontal Nudity Faking the Dead Mr. Fanservice Knife Nut Drives Like Crazy Honor Before Reason Diabolus ex Machina Cassandra Truth Downer Ending Pyrrhic Victory Our Vampires Are Different Badass Normal Scare Chord Frame-Up Does This Remind You of Anything? Lighter and Softer Take That! 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Deconstruction Break the Haughty Badass in a Nice Suit All Just a Dream Loophole Abuse The Sociopath Artistic License – Physics Anachronic Order Fate Worse than Death Friend to All Children Costume Porn Danny Peary Cult Movies List Fire-Forged Friends Casting Gag Crucified Hero Shot Soundtrack Dissonance Celebrity Paradox Irony Never Trust a Trailer Crazy Jealous Guy You Have Outlived Your Usefulness Heel Realization Femme Fatale Bald of Evil No Celebrities Were Harmed '80s Hair Implacable Man Curb-Stomp Battle Ripped from the Headlines An Arm and a Leg Bad Boss Gratuitous English Badass Bookworm Visual Pun Air-Vent Passageway Damsel in Distress Training Montage Whole Plot Reference Silence Is Golden Expy Leaning on the Fourth Wall Fanservice Recycled IN SPACE! 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Is Serious Business Bullying a Dragon Central Theme Hollywood Law Pre-Asskicking One-Liner Driven to Suicide Anyone Can Die Cat Fight Combat Pragmatist The Mafia Bitch in Sheep's Clothing Epic Fail Slashed Throat Rule of Three Motor Mouth Hate Sink My God, What Have I Done? Deliberately Monochrome Nice Job Breaking It, Hero! Dutch Angle Hidden Depths Action Survivor Extremely Short Timespan Fish out of Water As You Know Affably Evil Manly Tears Gorn Rule of Symbolism Annoying Younger Sibling Those Two Guys Butt-Monkey Mystery and Detective Films It's All About Me Kill It with Fire Historical Villain Upgrade The '50s Shell-Shocked Veteran Let's Get Dangerous! Amoral Attorney The Atoner Took a Level in Jerkass The Power of Love Married to the Job Improvised Weapon Getting Crap Past the Radar Slasher Movie Tagline Agony of the Feet Eyepatch of Power Here We Go Again! 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Re-Cut Black Dude Dies First Action Girl Authority Equals Asskicking Together in Death Contrived Coincidence Music Stories No Name Given Naïve Newcomer Wham Line Anti-Hero Deal with the Devil Russian Films Colour-Coded for Your Convenience aka: Color Coded For Your Convenience Science Fiction Films True Companions Mugging the Monster Mythology Gag Accidental Misnaming It Will Never Catch On Scary Black Man Red Shirt Works Set in World War II Film Noir Index Those Wacky Nazis "Where Are They Now?" 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