Tropescilloscope: Rule of Funny

Laughter suspends disbelief. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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Arc Words Blood from the Mouth Pretty Little Headshots Poor Communication Kills No Name Given No-Sell Four-Temperament Ensemble One-Word Title Leitmotif Brutal Honesty Gratuitous English Does This Remind You of Anything? Rape as Drama Eiffel Tower Effect Demoted to Extra "The Reason You Suck" Speech Artistic License – Biology Villain Protagonist Humans Are Bastards Historical-Domain Character Arch-Enemy Nothing Is Scarier Historical Hero Upgrade Chekhov's Gunman An Axe to Grind Creepy Child Soft Glass Film Series All Girls Want Bad Boys Fun with Acronyms Serial Killer Shut Up, Hannibal! 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Is a Crapshoot Alpha Bitch The Reveal Together in Death Obviously Evil Martial Arts Movie B-Movie Red Eyes, Take Warning From Bad to Worse Setting Update Rule of Symbolism Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas Loophole Abuse Bond Villain Stupidity Music Stories Improbable Infant Survival aka: Infant Immortality All Men Are Perverts The '80s Pun aka: Incredibly Lame Pun No-Holds-Barred Beatdown Our Vampires Are Different Obstructive Bureaucrat Peek-a-Boo Corpse Unresolved Sexual Tension Mistaken for Gay Punctuated! For! Emphasis! 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Your Cheating Heart Wretched Hive Mood Whiplash Superhero Faking the Dead Darkest Hour Video Credits Continuity Nod Broken Bird Dying Moment of Awesome NO INDOOR VOICE Spiteful Spit Victoria's Secret Compartment Only in It for the Money Abhorrent Admirer Put on a Bus Properly Paranoid Earn Your Happy Ending Animated Credits Opening Scary Black Man Funny Foreigner Bavarian Fire Drill Motor Mouth Chase Scene Villainous Breakdown Drowning My Sorrows Fantasy Films Line-of-Sight Name Suspiciously Similar Substitute Eldritch Abomination Diabolus ex Machina Accidental Misnaming Slap-Slap-Kiss Decoy Protagonist Damsel in Distress There Is No Kill Like Overkill Bad Boss Romantic False Lead Off with His Head! 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