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Nice Job Breaking It, Hero!
Light Is Not Good
Aww, Look! They Really Do Love Each Other
Defrosting Ice Queen
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All Men Are Perverts
A Father to His Men
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No-Sell
Here We Go Again!
Large Ham
No-Holds-Barred Beatdown
Grey and Gray Morality
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Manchild
Black Dude Dies First
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My Beloved Smother
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No Good Deed Goes Unpunished
Slap-Slap-Kiss
Cassandra Truth
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Beauty Is Never Tarnished
Never Trust a Trailer
Would Hit a Girl
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Shoot the Shaggy Dog
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Every Car Is a Pinto
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Only Known by Their Nickname
Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy
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aka: Infant Immortality
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As You Know
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Film Noir Index
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No Antagonist
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Good Is Not Nice
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Advertised Extra
Batman Gambit
Room Full of Crazy
Would Hurt a Child
Eldritch Abomination
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Rule of Cool
Half the Man He Used to Be
Informed Ability
Ungrateful Bastard
Hell Is That Noise
Creator Cameo
Everyone Has Standards
Super Strength
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I'm a Humanitarian
How We Got Here
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From Bad to Worse
Red Herring
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Wham Line
Mama Bear
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aka: Toilet Humor
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Together in Death
The End... Or Is It?
And I Must Scream
Call-Forward
Even Evil Has Loved Ones
Fiery Redhead
Morality Pet
Pre-Mortem One-Liner
Only Sane Man
Drowning My Sorrows
Ugly Guy, Hot Wife
Missing Mom
Lampshade Hanging
Disney Death
Historical-Domain Character
Logo Joke
Mercy Kill
Bottomless Magazines
Silent Movie
All for Nothing
Smoking Is Cool
Scary Black Man
Only a Flesh Wound
Bolivian Army Ending
Blood Knight
Better to Die than Be Killed
Determinator
The Bad Guy Wins
Mythology Gag
There Is No Kill Like Overkill
Babies Ever After
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Knife Nut
My God, What Have I Done?
Pre-Asskicking One-Liner
Final Girl
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Police Brutality
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Spiritual Successor
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Affably Evil
A God Am I
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For the Evulz
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Butt-Monkey
Jerkass
Punch-Clock Villain
Sexy Discretion Shot
Never My Fault
Needs Wiki Magic Love
Vampire Fiction
Made of Explodium
Brick Joke
Evil Laugh
Sci-Fi Horror
Big Applesauce
The Remake
Kill It with Fire
Scenery Porn
Stalker with a Crush
Disney Villain Death
Rich Bitch
Contrived Coincidence
Dramatic Gun Cock
Imagine Spot
Badass Boast
Hong Kong Films
Creepy Child
Bavarian Fire Drill
He Knows Too Much
Pretty in Mink
Superhero
Documentary
Action Prologue
Overprotective Dad
All There in the Script
Almost Kiss
Death Seeker
Captain Obvious
Our Vampires Are Different
Anyone Can Die
Animated Credits Opening
Developing Doomed Characters
Worthy Opponent
You Have Failed Me
The Reveal
Fish out of Water
Hypocrite
Dark and Troubled Past
Obviously Evil
Evil Is Hammy
All Girls Want Bad Boys
Left the Background Music On
Adaptational Heroism
Fun with Acronyms
"Well Done, Son!" Guy
Foil
Deal with the Devil
Show Within a Show
It's Personal
Pet the Dog
Hero Antagonist
The Faceless
Does Not Like Shoes
Spanner in the Works
Serial Killer
Driven to Suicide
As the Good Book Says...
The Starscream
A Minor Kidroduction
The Stoner
Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?
Stealth Pun