Tropescilloscope: Insult Backfire

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After the End Historical-Domain Character Depraved Bisexual She Cleans Up Nicely German Films The '80s He Knows Too Much Suspiciously Similar Substitute Off-into-the-Distance Ending Despair Event Horizon She's Got Legs Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold Death by Sex Chekhov's Gun Mighty Whitey Deus ex Machina Scenery Gorn Fate Worse than Death Protagonist Title folderlabel Pragmatic Adaptation Deconstruction Heroic BSoD Jerk with a Heart of Gold A Date with Rosie Palms Easily Forgiven Outrun the Fireball Disney Death Idiot Ball Black and Gray Morality Chase Scene As Long as It Sounds Foreign Race Lift The Lost Lenore Adaptational Heroism Intergenerational Friendship La Résistance Improbable Infant Survival aka: Infant Immortality Deliberately Monochrome Unresolved Sexual Tension World of Ham Left the Background Music On Hoist by His Own Petard Taking the Bullet Asshole Victim Sequel Hook Jack Bauer Interrogation Technique Creepy Child Punctuated! For! Emphasis! Cat Fight Sudden Sequel Death Syndrome Rule of Funny Cool Shades No-Holds-Barred Beatdown Implacable Man My Beloved Smother Show Within a Show Off with His Head! Accidental Murder Unreliable Narrator Red Shirt "Where Are They Now?" Epilogue Gone Horribly Right Cold-Blooded Torture Product Placement Training Montage Cowboy Cop Evil Sounds Deep Brutal Honesty The Ditz Slasher Movie Only Known by Their Nickname Sanity Slippage Rich Bitch Love at First Sight Drowning My Sorrows Well-Intentioned Extremist Beware the Nice Ones Exact Words Index of Film Westerns Adapted Out Dressing as the Enemy Actor Allusion Scenery Porn Throwing Your Sword Always Works Totally Radical Romantic Comedy Ugly Guy, Hot Wife I Want My Beloved to Be Happy Silence Is Golden N-Word Privileges Older Than They Look Russian Films Failed a Spot Check Dwindling Party Fake Shemp Title Drop Fan Disservice Villain Opening Scene Only Sane Man Fantastic Racism Meaningful Background Event Missing Mom Suspiciously Specific Denial Stylistic Suck Karma Houdini War Is Hell Posthumous Character Butt-Monkey Hell Is That Noise Needs Wiki Magic Love Large Ham Mercy Kill Hooker with a Heart of Gold The Hero Funny Foreigner Badass Bookworm Pyrrhic Victory Epic Movie Guile Hero The Alleged Car How We Got Here Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep" NO INDOOR VOICE Apocalypse How Amusing Injuries Pre-Mortem One-Liner Bald of Evil Kill It with Fire Plucky Comic Relief Politically Incorrect Villain Not Using the "Z" Word Bi the Way Vitriolic Best Buds The '70s Sci-Fi Horror Disguised in Drag "Awesome McCool" Name Male Gaze Faking the Dead Jerkass Has a Point Recycled IN SPACE! 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Precision F-Strike Downer Ending Greater-Scope Villain Arc Words Continuity Nod Big Damn Heroes Double Entendre Extremely Short Timespan From Bad to Worse An Axe to Grind Fanservice Extra Spared by the Adaptation Imagine Spot Punny Name Leaning on the Fourth Wall Our Zombies Are Different Authority Equals Asskicking Bond One-Liner Setting Update Central Theme Camp Gay The Stoic Vampire Fiction Sliding Scale of Idealism vs. Cynicism Unusually Uninteresting Sight Moment Killer Heterosexual Life-Partners Nice Job Fixing It, Villain! Ironic Echo Never Found the Body Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right! 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Have a Gay Old Time Friend to All Children Chekhov's Skill Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking Skewed Priorities Italian Films Adaptation Expansion Fiery Redhead Only a Flesh Wound Gory Discretion Shot Shipper on Deck Fatal Family Photo Insane Troll Logic Aluminum Christmas Trees Honor Before Reason Deadpan Snarker Ms. Fanservice Superhero Retired Badass Artistic License – Physics Retirony Homage No Name Given Knight Templar Disney Villain Death Red Eyes, Take Warning Drugs Are Bad Let's Get Dangerous! No Good Deed Goes Unpunished Loads and Loads of Characters BFG My God, What Have I Done? 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Affectionate Parody Cool Old Guy Death by Adaptation Adult Fear Leitmotif Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy Badass Boast Did Not Get the Girl Time Skip Stealth Pun Big Applesauce Fourth Date Marriage Trailers Always Spoil Would Hurt a Child The Dog Bites Back Peek-a-Boo Corpse Parental Substitute Jerkass Pretty in Mink Femme Fatale Calling the Old Man Out No Celebrities Were Harmed Final Girl Ascended Extra Anachronic Order An Aesop Villain with Good Publicity Genre Throwback Jerk Jock Lighter and Softer Hero Antagonist Genre Savvy Works Set in World War II Babies Ever After Real Life Heroic Sacrifice Adaptational Attractiveness Hate Sink Dramatic Gun Cock Action Film, Quiet Drama Scene Handicapped Badass Death Glare Credits Gag Canon Foreigner Cool Guns Nothing Is Scarier Dissonant Serenity Age Lift Super Strength Jump Scare Stuff Blowing Up Henpecked Husband Gorn One-Man Army Evil Plan True Companions Tagline Shown Their Work Amoral Attorney Match Cut Unspoken Plan Guarantee Empathic Environment Humans Are Bastards Arranged Marriage The Lancer Informed Ability Why Don't You Just Shoot Him? Villain Ball What Happened to the Mouse? 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Is a Crapshoot Love Triangle Black Comedy Rape Chiaroscuro Meaningful Echo Faux Affably Evil Rasputinian Death Catch-Phrase Mundane Made Awesome Crapsack World The Dreaded Becoming the Mask The Voiceless Sir Not-Appearing-in-This-Trailer Psychological Thriller Happily Married Spiteful Spit Face–Heel Turn Soft Glass Rated M for Manly Heroes Want Redheads Manchild Laughing Mad Grey and Gray Morality Ominous Latin Chanting Television Movie Index The Cameo Broken Aesop Made of Iron Motor Mouth Taking You with Me Badass Normal Reasonable Authority Figure Science Fiction Films Red Right Hand Death of a Child Word of God Good Is Not Nice Reality Ensues Serious Business Fire-Forged Friends Screw This, I'm Outta Here! Stalker with a Crush No Antagonist Hair-Trigger Temper The Alcoholic The Cavalry Disproportionate Retribution Gratuitous English Framing Device Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds Cat Scare Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane Psychopathic Manchild Hypocritical Humor All Just a Dream Artistic License – Biology Dirty Coward "The Reason You Suck" Speech Stock Footage Horror Comedy Took a Level in Jerkass Redemption Equals Death Ass Shove The Mafia Malevolent Masked Men Anti-Hero Hollywood Darkness Chewing the Scenery Horror Doesn't Settle for Simple Tuesday For the Evulz Blood Knight Rule of Cool Parental Incest Aww, Look! They Really Do Love Each Other Big Eater Foregone Conclusion Insistent Terminology Daylight Horror Shoot the Shaggy Dog Early Installment Weirdness Shut Up, Hannibal! 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