Tropescilloscope: "Awesome McCool" Name

A character, thing, or place is given an awesome name to make it seem more awesome. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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Undying Loyalty Arc Words Hollywood Darkness Bloodless Carnage Crazy-Prepared She Cleans Up Nicely Even Evil Has Standards Eagleland Demoted to Extra Wham Line Take a Third Option Badass Longcoat Intergenerational Friendship Body Horror Annoying Younger Sibling Armor-Piercing Question Vomit Indiscretion Shot Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil In Medias Res Hell Is That Noise Trailers Always Spoil Henpecked Husband Your Cheating Heart Parental Substitute Made of Explodium Everyone Has Standards Leave the Camera Running Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds Sole Survivor Gainax Ending Blood from the Mouth Bottomless Magazines Even Evil Has Loved Ones Peek-a-Boo Corpse