Tropescilloscope: The Dog Bites Back

Abuse someone too much, and they'll make you regret it. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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Beauty Is Never Tarnished Music Stories Only in It for the Money Big Applesauce Trailers Always Spoil He Knows Too Much The Ace Mama Bear Award-Bait Song Almost Kiss Conspicuous CG Parental Neglect Stalker with a Crush Random Events Plot Loads and Loads of Characters Attempted Rape Whole Plot Reference Half the Man He Used to Be Only a Flesh Wound No-Holds-Barred Beatdown Spanner in the Works Famous Last Words Novelization Dull Surprise Amoral Attorney Drives Like Crazy The Great Depression Getting Crap Past the Radar Evil vs. Evil It's Personal Together in Death Hypocritical Humor Sequel Escalation Neck Lift Demonic Possession Historical Hero Upgrade Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass Instant Death Bullet Missing Mom Jerkass Has a Point "The Reason You Suck" Speech I Did What I Had to Do Once More, with Clarity! 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