Tropescilloscope: Spanner in the Works
That imbecile has ruined all of my plans! (read more at tvtropes.org)
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In Name Only
Artistic License Geography
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Car Fu
Throwing Your Sword Always Works
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Pretty in Mink
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Put on a Bus
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The Power of Love
Ascended Extra
Black Comedy
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Gold Digger
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All There in the Manual
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Honor Before Reason
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There Is No Kill Like Overkill
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Love at First Sight
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You Have Failed Me
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Adapted Out
Would Hit a Girl
N-Word Privileges
Disguised in Drag
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Does This Remind You of Anything?
Yandere
An Aesop
Foreshadowing
Creepy Child
Bury Your Gays
Shut Up, Hannibal!
Dutch Angle
"Where Are They Now?" Epilogue
Actor Allusion
Happily Married
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Market-Based Title
Corpsing
He Knows Too Much
The Stinger
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Ax-Crazy
All Girls Want Bad Boys
Exact Words
Thriller
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Adorkable
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Toplessness from the Back
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Tagline
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Here We Go Again!
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Names to Run Away from Really Fast
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A Minor Kidroduction
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No Celebrities Were Harmed
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Never My Fault
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Bald of Evil
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HeelFace Turn
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Drowning My Sorrows
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Evil Brit
And the Adventure Continues
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Our Vampires Are Different
Missing Mom
Alpha Bitch
Vomit Discretion Shot
The Stoic
Obviously Evil
Victoria's Secret Compartment
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Hooker with a Heart of Gold
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Hidden Depths
Together in Death
Jerkass Has a Point
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Time Skip
Body Horror
Pre-Mortem One-Liner
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Vampire Fiction
Made of Iron
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Abhorrent Admirer
Vitriolic Best Buds
The Place
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Reckless Gun Usage
She Cleans Up Nicely
Dies Wide Open
My Greatest Failure
Pyrrhic Victory
Costume Porn
Badass in a Nice Suit
The Cavalry
Not Quite Dead
The Brute
Betty and Veronica
Cool Car
The Ghost
Shown Their Work
Freeze-Frame Bonus
Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?
Take That!
An Axe to Grind
Blood Knight
Foregone Conclusion
Extreme Doormat
Air-Vent Passageway
Belligerent Sexual Tension
Hair-Trigger Temper
Dark Is Not Evil
Laughing Mad
Alliterative Name
Manly Tears
Guns Akimbo
Pretty Little Headshots
The Starscream
Wham Line
Adaptational Attractiveness
Neck Lift
French Films
The Sociopath
Fantastic Racism
Cloudcuckoolander
Chekhov's Gunman
Earn Your Happy Ending
Fiery Redhead
Dramatic Irony
Improbable Infant Survival
aka: Infant Immortality
Horror Films
Not Even Bothering with the Accent
Manchild
Heroes Want Redheads
I Want My Beloved to Be Happy
Obfuscating Stupidity
One Steve Limit
Retcon
Action Survivor
A.I. Is a Crapshoot
Based on a True Story
Riddle for the Ages
All There in the Script
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Early Installment Weirdness
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Mama Bear
Get Out!
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Kill 'em All
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Killed Mid-Sentence
Retired Badass
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Unresolved Sexual Tension
Undying Loyalty
Playing Gertrude
Continuity Nod
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No-Sell
Amusing Injuries
Revenge
Your Head A-Splode
Deliberately Monochrome
Unusual Euphemism
Call-Back
Smug Snake
Nice Job Fixing It, Villain!
Reasonable Authority Figure
Monumental Damage
Australian Movies
Police are Useless
Did Not Get the Girl
Straight Gay
The Hero
Unspoken Plan Guarantee
Sequel Hook
Sinister Minister
No Ending
Every Car Is a Pinto
Disney Death
Mexican Standoff
Outrun the Fireball
What the Hell, Hero?
Screw the Money, I Have Rules!
Pimped-Out Dress
Slasher Movie
Evil vs. Evil
Break the Cutie
All for Nothing
One-Word Title
Fish out of Water
Ragtag Bunch of Misfits
Danny Peary Cult Movies List
Beta Couple
Eye Scream
Wrong Genre Savvy
Epic Movie
Big Eater
Silence Is Golden
Biopic
It Can Think
Ghost Fiction
Cool Guns
Jerk Jock
Heterosexual Life-Partners
From Bad to Worse
Flashback
Word of God
It Will Never Catch On
Enemy Mine
Hero of Another Story
Evil Counterpart
Lampshade Hanging
Badass Grandpa
Christmas Movies Index
The End... Or Is It?
Storming the Castle
Red Oni, Blue Oni
The Casanova
Neck Snap
Lighter and Softer
Back from the Dead
The Cameo
Evil Is Hammy
The Smurfette Principle
Bound and Gagged
Action Girl
Villain Protagonist
Death Seeker
Call-Forward
Disney Villain Death
Morality Pet
Made of Explodium
Martial Arts Movie
Bloodless Carnage
Greater-Scope Villain
Eyepatch of Power
Bloodier and Gorier
Historical Hero Upgrade
Alas, Poor Villain
Protagonist Title
Let's Get Dangerous!
Evil Cannot Comprehend Good
"The Reason You Suck" Speech
Make It Look Like an Accident
Anguished Declaration of Love
Fanservice
All Just a Dream
Big Brother Instinct
Celebrity Paradox
Sir Swears-a-Lot
Knight Templar
The Quiet One
Hollywood Darkness
Evil Is Petty
Easily Forgiven
Rule of Symbolism
Manic Pixie Dream Girl
The Dog Bites Back
Stalker with a Crush
Evil Plan
I Need a Freaking Drink
Screw This, I'm Outta Here!
Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds
Rated M for Manly
Eldritch Abomination
Slashed Throat
Very Loosely Based on a True Story
Small Name, Big Ego
Wicked Cultured
Cool Old Lady
Real Life
The Chick
Papa Wolf
Smoking Is Cool
Comically Missing the Point
NO INDOOR VOICE
Arch-Enemy
Hero Antagonist
Genre Savvy
Broken Bird
Never Trust a Trailer
aka: Trailers Always Lie
Attempted Rape
Training Montage
Jerk with a Heart of Gold
Psychopathic Manchild
Impaled with Extreme Prejudice
Damsel in Distress
Last-Name Basis
Adult Fear
Kill It with Fire
Jerkass
Super Strength
Stylistic Suck
Worthy Opponent
Interrupted Suicide
What You Are in the Dark
Apocalypse How
Agony of the Feet
"Shaggy Dog" Story
As Himself
Deadpan Snarker
Extremely Short Timespan
The Stoner
Naked People Are Funny
Evil Sounds Deep
Skewed Priorities
Psycho for Hire
Stealth Pun
A God Am I
Advertised Extra
Take a Third Option
Big "NO!"
Babies Ever After
Unwitting Instigator of Doom
Dirty Old Man
Overly Long Gag
Black Dude Dies First
Closed Circle
Naïve Newcomer
Breaking the Fourth Wall
Ambiguous Disorder
Driven to Suicide