Tropescilloscope: The Chick

Socially adept female member of the Five-Man Band who mediates conflicts within the group. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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Affably Evil Anti-Villain Grievous Bottley Harm Bad "Bad Acting" Not So Different Defrosting Ice Queen The Brute Cloudcuckoolander There Is No Kill Like Overkill Took a Level in Badass No Antagonist Truth in Television Posthumous Character Sir Swears-a-Lot Karmic Death Mercy Kill Eyepatch of Power Anti-Hero Cassandra Truth Vomit Discretion Shot Bunny-Ears Lawyer Immune to Bullets Author Avatar Say My Name Rasputinian Death Anguished Declaration of Love Too Dumb to Live The Power of Love In the Back Adaptational Villainy Funny Foreigner Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping Real Life Writes the Plot Demonic Possession Artistic License – Law Market-Based Title No Name Given Celebrity Paradox Missing Mom Diabolus ex Machina Soundtrack Dissonance Last-Name Basis Not Quite Dead Mythology Gag Badass in a Nice Suit One-Man Army Mighty Whitey Foregone Conclusion Badass Longcoat The Un-Favourite aka: The Un Favorite Index of Film Westerns Toilet Humour aka: Toilet Humor Fourth Date Marriage Central Theme Evil Is Petty "Where Are They Now?" 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Is a Crapshoot No-Holds-Barred Beatdown Logo Joke Kubrick Stare Camp Gay Jerk with a Heart of Gold Contrived Coincidence Why Did It Have to Be Snakes? Mexican Standoff Black Comedy Rape Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds Kids Are Cruel Canon Foreigner Public Domain Feature Films Hate Sink Leaning on the Fourth Wall All There in the Manual No Good Deed Goes Unpunished Punch-Clock Villain The Cavalry Ominous Latin Chanting Stuff Blowing Up Villain with Good Publicity Character Development Authority Equals Asskicking Big Applesauce Call-Back Bond Villain Stupidity O.O.C. 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Famous Last Words Woman Scorned Department of Redundancy Department Dogged Nice Guy Spared by the Adaptation Beta Couple The Ghost