Tropescilloscope: Drowning My Sorrows

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More Tropes Truth in Television He Knows Too Much Brainless Beauty No Celebrities Were Harmed Star-Crossed Lovers Oh, Crap! 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Double Entendre Insistent Terminology Retirony Paper-Thin Disguise Enemy Mine Shower Scene Dutch Angle Cold-Blooded Torture Not Quite Dead Bad Boss Hair-Trigger Temper Auto Erotica Credits Gag The Cameo Sudden Sequel Death Syndrome Genre Shift Monumental Damage Bittersweet Ending I Just Shot Marvin in the Face Hero of Another Story Eagleland Married to the Job Hollywood Law Epic Movie Australian Movies Sealed Evil in a Can Bond One-Liner Music Stories Eye Scream Black Comedy Rape Reality Is Unrealistic Television Movie Index Light Is Not Good Fate Worse than Death Batman Gambit Police Brutality Improvised Weapon Dramatic Irony Deadpan Snarker As You Know Thriller Alpha Bitch Early-Bird Cameo Amusing Injuries Character Development Italian Films Armor-Piercing Question Obviously Evil The Atoner Slasher Smile Cat Scare Get Out! Nothing Is Scarier Anti-Hero Based on a True Story Fatal Flaw Cloudcuckoolander Pimped-Out Dress Cat Fight Broken Bird folderlabel Be Careful What You Wish For Unresolved Sexual Tension All for Nothing Naïve Newcomer Captain Ersatz Bavarian Fire Drill Mythology Gag Eiffel Tower Effect Recap / RiffTrax aka: Riff Trax Movies No Good Deed Goes Unpunished Affably Evil Asshole Victim Historical Hero Upgrade Honor Before Reason MacGuffin Hollywood Darkness No Ending Anyone Can Die Totally Radical Belligerent Sexual Tension Maybe Ever After Pay Evil unto Evil Mama Bear Stepford Smiler Heterosexual Life-Partners The Stoic Happily Married Death Glare Hate Sink Arch-Enemy Bi the Way Title Drop Silent Movie Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold The Stinger Say My Name Real Life Good Is Not Nice Why Did It Have to Be Snakes? The Alleged Car Author Avatar Only in It for the Money Cool Old Guy Adorkable Suddenly SHOUTING! 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