Tropescilloscope: Take a Third Option

When life hands you lemons, make toast. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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Epilogue Improvised Weapon Five-Man Band Mexican Standoff Abhorrent Admirer Double Entendre It's Personal Deliberate Values Dissonance Real Life Writes the Plot Early Installment Weirdness Pre-Asskicking One-Liner