Tropescilloscope: Why Don't You Just Shoot Him?
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Dark Is Not Evil
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Trailers Always Spoil
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Nothing Is Scarier
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Beard of Evil
Made of Explodium
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I Did What I Had to Do
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War Is Hell
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Have a Gay Old Time
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Not Quite Dead
Rule of Symbolism
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Jump Scare
Does This Remind You of Anything?
Stepford Smiler
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Bloody Hilarious
Pretty Little Headshots
Only Known by Their Nickname
Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping
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My God, What Have I Done?
Friend to All Children
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Honor Before Reason
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Even Evil Has Loved Ones
Take a Third Option
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Nice Job Fixing It, Villain!
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Not So Different
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A God Am I
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Danny Peary Cult Movies List
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Immune to Bullets
Older Than They Look
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Light Is Not Good
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Crapsack World
Evil Sounds Deep
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Nice Job Breaking It, Hero!
You Have Failed Me
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Thriller
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Riddle for the Ages
Hell Is That Noise
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Love Triangle
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All There in the Script
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Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?
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Screw the Money, I Have Rules!
Shirtless Scene
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Naked People Are Funny
Say My Name
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Bitch in Sheep's Clothing
The '60s
Toilet Humour
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All Men Are Perverts
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Sassy Black Woman
The Stinger
Heroes Want Redheads
Together in Death
Ms. Fanservice
Death Glare
Badass Bookworm
Self-Deprecation
Humans Are Bastards
Eagleland
Loophole Abuse
Distracted by the Sexy
Oh, Crap!
Greater-Scope Villain
In Name Only
Reality Is Unrealistic
Taking You with Me
Morality Pet
The Big Guy
Breaking the Fourth Wall
Big Damn Heroes
Dark Reprise
Overprotective Dad
Award-Bait Song
Every Car Is a Pinto
Hate Sink
Horror Comedy
The Place
Children Are Innocent
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Screw the Rules, I Have Money!
No Antagonist
Central Theme
Closed Circle
I Just Shot Marvin in the Face
Fatal Family Photo
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Police Brutality
Drugs Are Bad
Nice Hat
Retirony
Did Not Get the Girl
Black and Gray Morality
Gilligan Cut
Black Dude Dies First
Historical In-Joke
Annoying Younger Sibling
Our Vampires Are Different
Get Out!
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Shut Up, Hannibal!
No-Holds-Barred Beatdown
Red Eyes, Take Warning
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Drives Like Crazy
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An Arm and a Leg
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Here We Go Again!
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Tap on the Head
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Vomit Discretion Shot
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The Film of the Book
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Kill It with Fire
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Roger Ebert: Great Movies List
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Dying Moment of Awesome
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Covers Always Lie
Spared by the Adaptation
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Love at First Sight
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Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold
As Long as It Sounds Foreign
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20 Minutes into the Future
Fanservice
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Horror Doesn't Settle for Simple Tuesday
Red Herring
Only Sane Man
Easily Forgiven
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Throwing Your Sword Always Works
Word of God
Blood Knight
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Taking the Bullet
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Pre-Asskicking One-Liner
Pun
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The Alcoholic
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Rape as Drama
Chase Scene
Groin Attack
The Hero Dies
Big Fancy House
Yandere
Line-of-Sight Name
Race Lift
Rule of Three
Beta Couple
Shout-Out
BFG
Roaring Rampage of Revenge
Irony
Rule of Cool
Twist Ending
HeelFace Turn
Your Head A-Splode
Failed a Spot Check
Fiery Redhead
Eyepatch of Power
Alliterative Name
Psychopathic Manchild
The Un-Favourite
aka: The Un Favorite
Silence Is Golden
After the End
Pragmatic Villainy
Abhorrent Admirer
This Is Gonna Suck
Needs Wiki Magic Love
Jitter Cam
Henpecked Husband
Cool Guns
Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right!
Ax-Crazy
Insane Troll Logic
Karma Houdini
Logo Joke
Slashed Throat
Those Two Bad Guys
Cat Scare
Flashback
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Age Lift
Obstructive Bureaucrat
Pre-Mortem One-Liner
Costume Porn
The Mole
Unreliable Narrator
Boom, Headshot!
Screw This, I'm Outta Here!
Suspiciously Specific Denial
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Woman Scorned
Unusual Euphemism
Faux Affably Evil
Black Best Friend
And the Adventure Continues
Italian Films
Creative Closing Credits
Badass Grandpa
Sir Swears-a-Lot
Match Cut
Jerkass Has a Point
Why Don't You Just Shoot Him?
Stuff Blowing Up
Meaningful Echo
MacGuffin
Punny Name
Manly Tears
Chekhov's Gun
How We Got Here
The Alleged Car
Evil Brit
Fantasy Films
Shell-Shocked Veteran
Camp Gay
Animal Motifs
Bury Your Gays
Dramatic Irony
German Films
Plot Hole
Sequel Hook
Cool Old Guy
Mundane Made Awesome
Half the Man He Used to Be
My Greatest Failure
Big Eater
Same Language Dub
The Smart Guy
Silent Movie
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A Father to His Men
Grievous Bottley Harm
Cold-Blooded Torture
It's Personal
Disney Villain Death
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No Celebrities Were Harmed
Take That!
Death by Irony
As the Good Book Says...
Dramedy
Red Shirt
The Chessmaster
Adaptational Attractiveness
Artistic License Geography
Cowboy Cop
Madness Mantra
Captain Obvious
Reality Has No Subtitles
Show Within a Show
Random Events Plot
Intergenerational Friendship
Death of a Child
No-Sell
Psycho for Hire
Rich Bitch
The Atoner
You Killed My Father
"The Reason You Suck" Speech
Spell My Name with an "S"
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Pragmatic Adaptation
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Let's Get Dangerous!
Slap-Slap-Kiss
Suddenly SHOUTING!
Man on Fire
Actually Pretty Funny
Scare Chord
Redshirt Army
Reckless Gun Usage
Works Set in World War II
Exactly What It Says on the Tin
Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy
Rasputinian Death
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The Ace
Imagine Spot
Big Applesauce
Five-Man Band
Improvised Weapon
Would Hurt a Child
Pyrrhic Victory
Developing Doomed Characters
Bullying a Dragon
Epic Fail
Redemption Equals Death
Big Bad
Product Placement
Police are Useless
Slasher Smile
Ripped from the Headlines
Jack Bauer Interrogation Technique
Punch-Clock Villain
Guile Hero
Serious Business
And Starring
Narrator
Facial Horror
Dramatic Gun Cock
Catch-Phrase
Hero of Another Story
Ghost Fiction
For Want of a Nail
Arch-Enemy
Foregone Conclusion
Handicapped Badass
Expy
Sealed Evil in a Can
Fantastic Racism
Gone Horribly Right
The Stoic
Famous Last Words
Evil Cannot Comprehend Good
Translation Convention
Evil Is Petty
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"Where Are They Now?" Epilogue
Bring My Brown Pants
Important Haircut
Demoted to Extra
Fanservice Extra
Anguished Declaration of Love
Mood Whiplash
I Have Your Wife
Red Right Hand
Cluster F-Bomb
"Well Done, Son!" Guy
Mr. Fanservice
Rated M for Manly
The Hero
Not What It Looks Like
'80s Hair
One-Word Title
Establishing Character Moment
Gainax Ending
Artistic License Biology
Getting Crap Past the Radar
Bloodless Carnage
B-Movie
Dressing as the Enemy
Contrived Coincidence
Animated Credits Opening
Nice Guy
Punctuated! For! Emphasis!
True Companions
Camera Abuse
Shown Their Work
Ominous Latin Chanting
Adults Are Useless
Batman Gambit
"Awesome McCool" Name
The Reveal
Moment Killer
Anyone Can Die
Once More, with Clarity!
Unusually Uninteresting Sight
She's Got Legs
Kubrick Stare
Historical Villain Upgrade
Cassandra Truth
N-Word Privileges
Mighty Whitey
Knight Templar