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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Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy
Loads and Loads of Characters
Get Out!
No OSHA Compliance
Meaningful Name
The Ditz
Stylistic Suck
Plot Hole
One Steve Limit
Bottomless Magazines
I'm a Humanitarian
MacGuffin
And the Adventure Continues
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Light Is Not Good
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The Film of the Book
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You Have Outlived Your Usefulness
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Really Gets Around
It Will Never Catch On
Did Not Get the Girl
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Honor Before Reason
You Have Failed Me
Attempted Rape
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This Is Gonna Suck
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It's Personal
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Beauty Is Never Tarnished
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Does This Remind You of Anything?
Girl-on-Girl Is Hot
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Abusive Parents
Ominous Latin Chanting
Worthy Opponent
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Creepy Child
Bad "Bad Acting"
An Axe to Grind
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Blood from the Mouth
True Companions
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Hate Sink
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Wretched Hive
Developing Doomed Characters
Screw This, I'm Outta Here!
Nice Hat
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Aww, Look! They Really Do Love Each Other
Dirty Cop
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Apocalypse How
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Mistaken for Gay
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Ripped from the Headlines
Abhorrent Admirer
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Novelization
The '90s
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Riddle for the Ages
Off with His Head!
Redemption Equals Death
Celebrity Paradox
Gory Discretion Shot
Super Strength
Villain with Good Publicity
Real Life Writes the Plot
Parental Abandonment
Off-into-the-Distance Ending
"Shaggy Dog" Story
Pretty in Mink
Pay Evil unto Evil
Plucky Comic Relief
Dying Moment of Awesome
Precision F-Strike
In Name Only
Heroic Sacrifice
Grey and Gray Morality
She Cleans Up Nicely
Adults Are Useless
Genre Throwback
Comically Missing the Point
All Just a Dream
Death by Irony
Vomit Indiscretion Shot
Bloodier and Gorier
Drives Like Crazy
Country Matters
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Cold-Blooded Torture
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Faking the Dead
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My God, What Have I Done?
Unspoken Plan Guarantee
And I Must Scream
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Leave the Camera Running
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From Nobody to Nightmare
Your Cheating Heart
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Half the Man He Used to Be
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Children Are Innocent
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Posthumous Character
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Victoria's Secret Compartment
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Kick the Dog
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Only Sane Man
Ship Tease
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Drugs Are Bad
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The Bad Guy Wins
For Want of a Nail
Kill 'em All
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Flashback
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Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas
Pragmatic Adaptation
Smug Snake