Tropescilloscope: As Long as It Sounds Foreign

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Karmic Death O.O.C. 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Is a Crapshoot Historical Villain Upgrade Aww, Look! They Really Do Love Each Other The Dog Bites Back A Date with Rosie Palms Male Gaze Man on Fire Action Genre Evil Cannot Comprehend Good More Dakka Crazy-Prepared Historical-Domain Character Attempted Rape Alpha Bitch For the Evulz In Medias Res Break the Cutie Your Cheating Heart NO INDOOR VOICE Tempting Fate Affably Evil 20 Minutes into the Future I'm a Humanitarian Translation Convention Double-Meaning Title Daddy's Girl Wicked Cultured Epic Movie Dwindling Party Camp Gay Dying Moment of Awesome Mind Screw Wretched Hive Protagonist Title Half the Man He Used to Be Meaningful Name You Have Failed Me Girl-on-Girl Is Hot Sole Survivor Even Evil Has Loved Ones Oh, Crap! Creator Cameo As the Good Book Says... 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