Tropescilloscope: What You Are in the Dark

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Is Serious Business No Good Deed Goes Unpunished The Power of Love Crucified Hero Shot Black Dude Dies First The Stoic Curse Cut Short A God Am I Closed Circle Rated M for Manly Tagline Award-Bait Song Hope Spot Flipping the Bird He Knows Too Much British Films Redemption Equals Death Military and Warfare Films All There in the Manual Vomit Discretion Shot 20 Minutes into the Future Punny Name Hollywood Law Reality Ensues Dark Reprise Title Drop Big Bad Duumvirate Laser-Guided Karma Sexy Discretion Shot Reasonable Authority Figure No OSHA Compliance Anyone Can Die Product Placement French Films Punctuated! For! Emphasis! From Nobody to Nightmare Made of Iron Aside Glance Music Stories Damsel in Distress Stealth Hi/Bye Properly Paranoid Ass Shove The Starscream Red Right Hand Chuck Cunningham Syndrome Mexican Standoff Why Don't You Just Shoot Him? Knife Nut Fun with Acronyms More Dakka What Happened to the Mouse? 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Fire-Forged Friends Black Best Friend Overly Long Gag Made of Explodium Contrived Coincidence Offscreen Teleportation Easily Forgiven Extreme Doormat From Bad to Worse Face–Heel Turn Fanservice Extra Action Film, Quiet Drama Scene Eye Scream Bad Boss Motor Mouth Karma Houdini Distracted by the Sexy Toilet Humour aka: Toilet Humor Evil Plan Parental Abandonment Maybe Ever After Adaptational Badass Vitriolic Best Buds Leitmotif The '70s Big-Bad Ensemble The Great Depression Evil Sounds Deep Dual Wielding Moment Killer Adapted Out Homage Humans Are Bastards This Is Gonna Suck Greater-Scope Villain Shirtless Scene Spiteful Spit Artistic License – Military Red Eyes, Take Warning Daddy's Girl Armor-Piercing Question Bury Your Gays Film Series Nice Job Fixing It, Villain! It's Personal Double-Meaning Title Hypocrite Oh, Crap! 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