Tropescilloscope: Slasher Smile

An evil, bloodthirsty grinning Nightmare Face. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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Is Serious Business Pimped-Out Dress Insult Backfire Vomit Indiscretion Shot Contrived Coincidence Refuge in Audacity Zombie Stories Brutal Honesty Camp Gay Those Wacky Nazis Honor Before Reason Soft Glass Implacable Man Bloodier and Gorier Sealed Evil in a Can Punny Name Toilet Humour aka: Toilet Humor In the Back Silent Movie Humans Are Bastards Every Car Is a Pinto Gilligan Cut Dramatic Gun Cock Bond Villain Stupidity Abhorrent Admirer Evil Is Hammy MacGuffin It's All About Me Apocalypse How La Résistance Death by Irony Captain Ersatz As Himself As Long as It Sounds Foreign Tranquil Fury Punctuated! For! Emphasis! Comically Missing the Point The Stoner Redemption Equals Death What Happened to the Mouse? Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil Red Herring A.I. Is a Crapshoot Half the Man He Used to Be All There in the Script Product Placement Have a Gay Old Time This Is Gonna Suck The Sociopath Red Eyes, Take Warning For the Evulz Colour-Coded for Your Convenience aka: Color Coded For Your Convenience Meaningful Background Event Leave the Camera Running Dark Is Not Evil Sports Stories And I Must Scream Wicked Cultured Naïve Newcomer Annoying Younger Sibling Jack Bauer Interrogation Technique Irony Dirty Cop Author Avatar Precision F-Strike Dual Wielding Adult Fear Line-of-Sight Name Fiery Redhead Sliding Scale of Idealism vs. Cynicism Big Bad Duumvirate Cruel and Unusual Death Unwitting Instigator of Doom Deal with the Devil Berserk Button What the Hell, Hero? Never Trust a Trailer aka: Trailers Always Lie Corpsing The '90s Dies Wide Open "Shaggy Dog" Story Bullying a Dragon Insane Troll Logic Really Gets Around Ragtag Bunch of Misfits Damsel in Distress Adaptational Villainy Earn Your Happy Ending Novelization Author Appeal Age Lift No Ending Improvised Weapon Self-Deprecation The Place Fantastic Racism Get Out! Cool Old Lady I'm a Humanitarian Not So Above It All The Voiceless Star-Crossed Lovers Body Horror Failed a Spot Check Crazy-Prepared Peek-a-Boo Corpse Pre-Mortem One-Liner Death Seeker Unspoken Plan Guarantee Slasher Smile Hero of Another Story Pay Evil unto Evil Noodle Incident My God, What Have I Done? 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