Tropescilloscope: Monumental Damage

When the bad guys blow up a big building, it is gonna be one we all recognise. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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Your Cheating Heart Scare Chord Light Is Not Good Undying Loyalty The Stinger Anguished Declaration of Love Only in It for the Money Loophole Abuse Straight Gay Manipulative Bastard Rewatch Bonus Decoy Protagonist Fiery Redhead Grievous Bottley Harm Sassy Black Woman Jack Bauer Interrogation Technique My Greatest Failure Hidden Depths Curse Cut Short An Axe to Grind No Antagonist Took a Level in Badass Improvised Weapon Age Lift Male Frontal Nudity The Cameo No Ending Fanservice Extra Based on a True Story The '90s Match Cut Animal Motifs Redshirt Army It Will Never Catch On Flipping the Bird Chekhov's Skill "Where Are They Now?" Epilogue The End... Or Is It? A Minor Kidroduction No-Sell Last-Name Basis Death of a Child Biopic The Stoner Men Are the Expendable Gender Kill 'em All Dutch Angle Groin Attack Accidental Misnaming Police are Useless Death by Adaptation Film Noir Becoming the Mask Developing Doomed Characters Ass Shove Suddenly SHOUTING! 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