Tropescilloscope: Mooks

Evil soldiers that exist for the sole purpose of being mowed over by The Hero. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy Hypocritical Humor Fiery Redhead Race Against the Clock Artistic License – Geography Dies Wide Open Rape as Drama Hope Spot Revenge You Have Got to Be Kidding Me! Gold Digger Bad "Bad Acting" Loads and Loads of Characters Monumental Damage No Celebrities Were Harmed Every Car Is a Pinto Chewing the Scenery Fingore Love Triangle Sudden Sequel Death Syndrome Actor Allusion French Films Those Wacky Nazis The Oner Framing Device Historical Hero Upgrade Say My Name Catch-Phrase Depraved Bisexual Fake Shemp Fainting Freudian Excuse Rule of Symbolism Determinator The Reveal Wham Line Vampire Fiction The Dragon Cruel and Unusual Death No Antagonist Artistic License – History Big-Bad Ensemble Trailers Always Spoil Insistent Terminology Yandere Red Herring Random Events Plot Together in Death Truth in Television The '90s Irony Mama Bear Calling the Old Man Out The Chessmaster Genre Throwback Curse Cut Short Pragmatic Adaptation Death by Sex As the Good Book Says... 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Is a Crapshoot Sealed Evil in a Can Improbable Aiming Skills Manly Tears Logo Joke Ghost Fiction Alpha Bitch Aluminum Christmas Trees Betty and Veronica Rule of Three Only Known by Their Nickname Adaptational Badass Historical Villain Upgrade The Faceless Creator Cameo World of Ham Tranquil Fury Better to Die than Be Killed Never My Fault My God, What Have I Done? Left the Background Music On Flashback Stock Footage Mad Scientist Sacrificial Lion Adults Are Useless Chase Scene Deus ex Machina Fat Bastard Heel Realization Honor Before Reason No Name Given Adaptational Villainy What Happened to the Mouse? 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