Tropescilloscope: Spiteful Spit
A character spits on another, usually on the face, as way of expressing contempt or disrespect. (read more at tvtropes.org)
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What Happened to the Mouse?
Pet the Dog
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What the Hell, Hero?
Knife Nut
As the Good Book Says...
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Older Than They Look
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Idiot Ball
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Dark Is Not Evil
Closed Circle
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All for Nothing
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Light Is Not Good
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Batman Gambit
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Badass Boast
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Ship Tease
Anyone Can Die
Villain Song
Jack Bauer Interrogation Technique
Canon Foreigner
From Nobody to Nightmare
Five-Man Band
Ascended Extra
Revenge
The Quiet One
Soundtrack Dissonance
Woman in White
Insistent Terminology
O.O.C. Is Serious Business
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Biopic
Politically Incorrect Villain
Cat Scare
Outrun the Fireball
Cain and Abel
Humans Are Bastards
Loads and Loads of Characters
Reality Ensues
Broken Pedestal
Dramatic Irony
Bilingual Bonus
Jerk with a Heart of Gold
She's Got Legs
Naked People Are Funny
Horror Comedy
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Even Evil Has Standards
Death Glare
FaceHeel Turn
Spiteful Spit
Never My Fault
Unresolved Sexual Tension
Death by Adaptation
Eyepatch of Power
For Want of a Nail
Evil vs. Evil
Deliberate Values Dissonance
Wretched Hive
Not Even Bothering with the Accent
No Ending
Re-Cut
Cruel and Unusual Death
Homage
Large Ham
Adaptational Heroism
It Will Never Catch On
Why Don't You Just Shoot Him?
Bring My Brown Pants