Tropescilloscope: Training Montage

A montage showing someone preparing for a fight to some epic music. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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The Chessmaster Dramedy Lock and Load Montage Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right! A Minor Kidroduction Becoming the Mask Parental Incest Taking the Bullet Novelization Genre Savvy Fiery Redhead Neck Lift Karma Houdini Hidden Depths Chekhov's Skill Large Ham Meaningful Background Event Arch-Enemy Riddle for the Ages Obviously Evil Leaning on the Fourth Wall Fate Worse than Death Mercy Kill Extremely Short Timespan Heroes Want Redheads Meet Cute Horror Films Not Quite Dead Exactly What It Says on the Tin Flipping the Bird Bowdlerise Parental Neglect Eureka Moment Evil Is Hammy Immune to Bullets Precision F-Strike Freeze-Frame Bonus All Just a Dream Suspiciously Similar Substitute The '60s My Beloved Smother Film Noir Index Stuff Blowing Up Animal Motifs What Happened to the Mouse? 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Is a Crapshoot Rewatch Bonus Really Gets Around Room Full of Crazy Affably Evil Pimped-Out Dress Silent Movie Worthy Opponent Henpecked Husband Good Is Not Nice Fantasy Films Fun with Acronyms Humans Are Bastards Character Development Hero of Another Story La Résistance Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold Not What It Looks Like Intrepid Reporter Bullying a Dragon Our Vampires Are Different Auto Erotica Historical-Domain Character The Brute Accidental Misnaming Colour-Coded for Your Convenience aka: Color Coded For Your Convenience '80s Hair Bound and Gagged An Arm and a Leg Parental Abandonment Mr. Exposition Hypocrite Vacation Films Actually Pretty Funny Death Seeker Canon Foreigner Does Not Like Shoes Fan Disservice Beauty Is Never Tarnished He Who Fights Monsters Made of Explodium Deal with the Devil Unreliable Narrator The Stoner Insane Troll Logic Bury Your Gays Shut Up, Hannibal! 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