Tropescilloscope: Slap-Slap-Kiss
Two characters bicker and argue a lot, only to suddenly realize that they actually love each other. (read more at tvtropes.org)
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Nice Job Fixing It, Villain!
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No Good Deed Goes Unpunished
Does Not Like Shoes
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NO INDOOR VOICE
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Spell My Name with an "S"
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I Want My Beloved to Be Happy
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It Can Think
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War Is Hell
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Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?
Take That!
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Neck Snap
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Maybe Ever After
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Ugly Guy, Hot Wife
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Groin Attack
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Kids Are Cruel
Stealth Pun
How We Got Here
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Villainous Breakdown
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He Knows Too Much
Never Found the Body
Small Name, Big Ego
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Nothing Is Scarier
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Death of a Child
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Television Movie Index
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The Bad Guy Wins
An Arm and a Leg
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Let's Get Dangerous!
Politically Incorrect Villain
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Cool Old Lady
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And I Must Scream
The Hero Dies
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This Is Gonna Suck
BrotherSister Incest
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Sassy Black Woman
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Historical In-Joke
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Kill 'em All
An Axe to Grind
Heroes Want Redheads
Jerk with a Heart of Gold
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"The Reason You Suck" Speech
Index of Film Westerns
Christmas Movies Index
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Big Eater
Reasonable Authority Figure
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Redshirt Army
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Hooker with a Heart of Gold
Bring My Brown Pants
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Dumb Blonde
The Chessmaster
Handicapped Badass
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Screw the Rules, I Have Money!
Eagleland
Take a Third Option
Genre Savvy
Shown Their Work
Ambiguous Disorder
Here We Go Again!
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B-Movie
Historical Hero Upgrade
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Canon Foreigner
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From Bad to Worse
Curse Cut Short
Overly Long Gag
One-Word Title
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Man on Fire
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Foil
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Drugs Are Bad
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Oh, Crap!
Asshole Victim
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Red Eyes, Take Warning
Sequel Escalation
The Ditz
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MacGuffin
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There Is No Kill Like Overkill
Actually Pretty Funny
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Broken Bird
Artistic License Geography
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I Have Your Wife
The Alleged Car
Only a Flesh Wound
Artistic License Physics
A.I. Is a Crapshoot
The Brute
Never My Fault
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Humans Are Bastards
Very Loosely Based on a True Story
Bad "Bad Acting"
It's Personal
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MayDecember Romance
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You Killed My Father
The '70s
You Have Outlived Your Usefulness
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Dark Reprise
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Cool Car
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Sliding Scale of Idealism vs. Cynicism
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Sadistic Choice
Bi the Way
Getting Crap Past the Radar
What the Hell, Hero?
"Shaggy Dog" Story
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Serial Killer
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Not Even Bothering with the Accent
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Death by Sex
Brutal Honesty
Scary Black Man
Psychopathic Manchild
Red Herring
Bury Your Gays
Cool Guns
Rich Bitch
Loads and Loads of Characters
Villain Ball
Reality Ensues
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Expy
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Bottomless Magazines
The Mafia
The Reveal
Auto Erotica
Evil vs. Evil
The Big Guy
Outrun the Fireball
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Hero of Another Story
Sci-Fi Horror
Good Is Not Nice
Femme Fatale
Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right!
Villain with Good Publicity
Despair Event Horizon
Hope Spot
Meaningful Name
Gone Horribly Right
Missing Mom
Only in It for the Money
Amoral Attorney
Took a Level in Badass
Fate Worse than Death
She's Got Legs
Product Placement
Well-Intentioned Extremist
Extreme Doormat
Red Shirt
Smoking Is Cool
Hell Is That Noise
Catapult Nightmare
Broken Pedestal
Never Trust a Trailer
Title Drop
Sanity Slippage
Deliberately Monochrome
Never Trust a Trailer
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Hero Antagonist
Daylight Horror
Greater-Scope Villain
Madness Mantra
Film Noir
Fanservice Extra
Does This Remind You of Anything?
Corrupt Corporate Executive
Shoot the Shaggy Dog
Men Are the Expendable Gender
Too Dumb to Live
Suspiciously Specific Denial
Informed Ability
Dramatic Gun Cock