Tropescilloscope: Smoking Is Cool

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Break the Cutie Poor Communication Kills Documentary Fatal Flaw Fat Bastard Despair Event Horizon Motor Mouth Implacable Man Pay Evil unto Evil Impaled with Extreme Prejudice Mundane Made Awesome Sudden Sequel Death Syndrome Epic Movie Actor Allusion Evil Plan Kill It with Fire Distracted by the Sexy No Good Deed Goes Unpunished Drugs Are Bad For the Evulz Almost Kiss Hero Antagonist Maybe Ever After Sinister Minister Crapsack World Author Avatar Vampire Fiction Heroic Sacrifice Fantastic Racism Bring My Brown Pants 20 Minutes into the Future Determinator Undying Loyalty Camera Abuse Call-Forward The Vamp Jerk with a Heart of Gold Beard of Evil Male Gaze Genre Throwback Handicapped Badass The Hero Dies An Aesop Non-Indicative Name Hope Spot Television Movie Index Instant Death Bullet Aside Glance Hell Is That Noise German Films Awesome, but Impractical Psychological Thriller Refuge in Audacity Homage Bar Brawl Extremely Short Timespan Once More, with Clarity! 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