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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Cruel and Unusual Death
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Karmic Death
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Cassandra Truth
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Meet Cute
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Get Out!
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What You Are in the Dark
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As Long as It Sounds Foreign
Dressing as the Enemy
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Flipping the Bird
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Fate Worse than Death
Men Are the Expendable Gender
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Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds
Authority Equals Asskicking
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Laughing Mad
Calling the Old Man Out
Demoted to Extra
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Black and Gray Morality
Not What It Looks Like
Facial Horror
Never Trust a Trailer
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Impaled with Extreme Prejudice
Berserk Button
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Meaningful Background Event
The Remake
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Only in It for the Money
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Enemy Mine
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All There in the Manual
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Here We Go Again!
I Need a Freaking Drink
Breaking the Fourth Wall
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Mugging the Monster
Black Dude Dies First
After the End
Artistic License History
Death Glare
No OSHA Compliance
Sudden Sequel Death Syndrome
Plot Hole
War Is Hell
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My Beloved Smother
Made of Iron
No Name Given
True Companions
Black Comedy Rape
The Dragon
I Want My Beloved to Be Happy
Kick the Son of a Bitch
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Show Within a Show
Disney Villain Death
Superhero
Death by Irony
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Reality Ensues
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It's Personal
Obstructive Bureaucrat
Badass Boast
Villain Ball
Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane
Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy
Double Entendre
Chekhov's Skill
Really Gets Around
Sliding Scale of Idealism vs. Cynicism
Madness Mantra
Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep"
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Eyepatch of Power
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Femme Fatale
All Girls Want Bad Boys
Evil Sounds Deep
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Expy
One-Man Army
Abhorrent Admirer
Deal with the Devil
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Shell-Shocked Veteran
Diabolus ex Machina
Reasonable Authority Figure
My God, What Have I Done?
Psycho for Hire
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Red Oni, Blue Oni
Together in Death
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Lampshade Hanging
An Aesop
Evil vs. Evil
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Curse Cut Short
Setting Update
Ragtag Bunch of Misfits
BFG
Rape as Drama
Blackmail
Demonic Possession
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Index of Film Westerns
World of Ham
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Karma Houdini
Butt-Monkey
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Skewed Priorities
Beard of Evil
Public Domain Feature Films
Spared by the Adaptation
Bare Your Midriff
No-Holds-Barred Beatdown
Token Minority
Deliberately Monochrome
Kill It with Fire
Ms. Fanservice
Mind Screw
For the Evulz
Stuff Blowing Up
Once More, with Clarity!
Worthy Opponent
Grey and Gray Morality
Bolivian Army Ending
Ambiguously Gay
Be Careful What You Wish For
Bound and Gagged
Eureka Moment
In the Back
Screw the Money, I Have Rules!
Vampire Fiction
Spanner in the Works
Death by Adaptation
Rated M for Manly
Missing Mom
Betty and Veronica
Important Haircut
A Father to His Men
Pyrrhic Victory
Blatant Lies
Arranged Marriage
Arc Words
Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping
Never Trust a Trailer
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Neck Lift
Not Quite Dead
Happily Married
Attempted Rape
The Oner
Cool Car
Mundane Made Awesome
Poor Communication Kills
Nothing Is Scarier
Paper-Thin Disguise
Almost Kiss
Random Events Plot
Make It Look Like an Accident
Ax-Crazy
Funny Foreigner
La Résistance
Pay Evil unto Evil
Never Found the Body
Sci-Fi Horror
Determinator
This Is Gonna Suck
Hypocrite
Heroic BSoD
Epic Fail
Adaptational Heroism
Scary Black Man
Corpsing
Fiery Redhead
Bury Your Gays
I Just Shot Marvin in the Face
Eye Scream
Woman in White
Every Car Is a Pinto
The End... Or Is It?
Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking
Danny Peary Cult Movies List
You Have Got to Be Kidding Me!
The '90s
Department of Redundancy Department
Catch-Phrase
"Well Done, Son!" Guy
The Dog Bites Back
The Ditz
No Antagonist
Tagline
Even Evil Has Loved Ones
Half the Man He Used to Be
Tap on the Head
Recycled IN SPACE!
Bald of Evil
Russian Films
Race Lift
Unusually Uninteresting Sight