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Tropes:

• Above The Ruins
• Absurdly Sharp Blade
• Action Dress Rip
• Acrophobic Bird
• Acquired Poison Immunity
• Action Film Quiet Drama Scene
• Adrenaline Makeover
• Air Vent Escape
• All Your Base Are Belong To Us
• Aloof Ally
• Always A Bigger Fish
  • Summon Bigger Fish
• Always Save The Girl
• America Saves The Day
• Amulet Of Dependency
• Badass Driver
• Bad Guy Bar
• Bad Habits
• Bar Slide
• Big Damn Heroes
• Blaxploitation
• Bloodless Carnage
• Bluff The Impostor
• Bodybag Trick
• Bodyguard Babes
• Bolivian Army Ending
• Bombers On The Screen
• Bombproof Appliance
• Bond One Liner
• Bond Villain Stupidity
• Bookcase Passage
• Bottled Heroic Resolve
• Bound And Gagged
• Break Out The Museum Piece
• Breaking The Bonds
• Bring News Back
• Bullet Catch
• Car Cushion
• Carnival Of Killers
• Casual Danger Dialog
• Catch A Falling Star
• The Cavalry
• Cavalry Betrayal
• Ceiling Cling
• Clean Cut
• Cliffs Of Insanity
• Clifftop Caterwauling
• Cloak And Dagger
• Cobweb Jungle
• Concert Climax
• Conspicuous Trenchcoat
• Contract On The Hitman
• Convenient Enemy Base
• Conveniently Placed Sharp Thing
• Conveniently Timed Guard
• Cool And Unusual Punishment
• Cuffs Off Rub Wrists
• Curb Stomp Battle
• Cyanide Pill
• Cycle Of Revenge
• Dangerously Close Shave
• Dare To Be Badass
• Darkened Building Shootout
• Deadly Gas
• Dead Man Switch
• Dead Foot Leadfoot
• Death Course
• Decoy Hiding Place
• Deep Cover Agent
• Defcon Five
• Dirt Forcefield
• Dish Dash
• Door Of Doom
• Dragons Up The Yin Yang
• Drama Bomb Finale
• Dressing As The Enemy
• Drool Hello
• Dungeon Bypass
• Dungeon Crawling
• Durable Deathtrap
• Dye Or Die
• Education Through Pyrotechnics
• Ejection Seat
• Empty Quiver
• Enter Solution Here
• Everybody Was Kung Fu Fighting
• Exotic Weapon Supremacy
• Exploding Fish Tanks
• Explosive Leash
• Facing The Bullets One Liner
• Fast Roping
• Ferris Wheel Of Doom
• Final Battle
• Flynning
• Foe Tossing Charge
• The Force
• Friend To All Children
• Galley Slave
• Generic Cop Badges
• Genocide Dilemma
• Giant Foot Of Stomping
• Gladiator Games
  • Gladiator Revolt
• Goggles Do Something Unusual
• Government Agency Of Fiction
• Grave Robbing
• Great Escape
• Gunpoint Banter
• Hands Off My Fluffy
• Hardy Boys Investigation
• Harmless Freezing
• Hassle Free Hotwire
• Hero Stole My Bike
• Heroes R Us
• Heroes Unlimited
• Heroic BSOD
• Hey Catch
• Hey You Haymaker
• Hitchhiker Heroes
• Hollywood Fire
• Hollywood Healing
• Hope Spot
• How Do I Shot Web
• Human Chess
• If You're So Evil, Eat This Kitten
• I Know Kung Fu
• I Know Mortal Kombat
• Implausible Fencing Powers
• Impossible Mission Collapse
• Impressive Pyrotechnics
• Indy Escape
• Indy Hat Roll
• Indy Ploy
• Ineffectual Death Threats
• Inevitable Waterfall
• Infant Immortality
• Instant Knots
• Instrument Of Murder
• Juggle Fu
• Just A Kid
• Just Between You And Me
• Katanas Are Just Better
• Keep Away
• Kinda Busy Here
• Last Breath Bullet
• Latex Perfection
• Law Enforcement Inc
• Lets Fight Like Gentlemen
• Let's Get Dangerous
• Lets Get Out Of Here
• Let's You And Him Fight
• Lex Luthor Security
• Life Or Limb Decision
• Lighthearted Rematch
• Line In The Sand
• Little Hero Big War
• Live Action Escort Mission
• Locking MacGyver In The Store Cupboard
• Magnetic Hero
• The Man Is Keeping Us Down
• Man On Fire
• Marked Bullet
• Matchlight Danger Revelation
• Maximum Fun Chamber
• Menacing Stroll
• Mexican Standoff
• Midair Repair
• Midnight On The Firing Line
• Minion Maracas
• Misfit Mobilization Moment
• Mission Briefing
• Mistaken For Badass
• Mistaken For Spies
• The Most Dangerous Game
• Monumental Battle
• Monumental Damage
• Musical Trigger
• My Country Right Or Wrong
• My Name Is Inigo Montoya
• Nebulous Evil Organisation
• Nerf Arm
• Neutral Female
• Nice Job Breaking It Hero
• Nice Job Fixing It Villain
• Nice Job Guiding Us Hero
• Night Vision Goggles
• No Endor Holocaust
• No One Gets Left Behind
• No OSHA Compliance
• No Plans No Prototype No Backup
• Normally I Would Be Dead Now
• Not Worth Killing
• Now Its My Turn
• A Nuclear Error
• Obstacle Exposition
• An Offer You Can't Refuse
• Ominous Walk
• One Dimensional Thinking
• One Riot One Ranger
• One Sided Battle
• One True Sequence
• Only I Can Kill Him
• Open Says Me
• Opt Out
• Out Of Sight Out Of Mind
• Outrun The Fireball
• Outside Ride
• Oxygen Is For Losers
• Palantir Ploy
• Paper Thin Disguise
• Le Parkour
• Passing The Torch
• PG Explosives
• Plucky Middie
• Pit Trap
• Powder Trail
• Prisoner Of Zenda Exit
• Protected By A Child
• Protectorate
• Punched Across The Room
• Punch Punch Punch Uh Oh
• The Purge
• Quicksand Sucks
• The Radio Dies First
• Railroad Tracks Of Doom
• Ransacked Room
• Rape Pillage And Burn
• Rated M For Manly
• Redemption Demotion
• Redundant Rescue
• Reed Snorkel
• Removing The Earpiece
• Revolvers Are Just Better
• Right Under Their Noses
• River Of Insanity
• Road Sign Reversal
• Rope Bridge
• Salvage Pirates
• Save The Villain
• Saw It In A Movie Once
• Scary Surprise Party
• Screw This, I'm Outta Here
• Secret Police
• See The Whites Of Their Eyes
• Shaggy Search Technique
• Ship Shape Shipwreck
• Shooting Gallery
• Shoot The Fuel Tank
• Shoot The Rope
• Shoot Your Mate
• Shut Up And Save Me
• Sic Em
• Silent Running Mode
• Single Malt Vision
• Skeleton Key Card
• Sleight Of Tongue
• Smoke Out
• Snowy Screen Of Death
• Soft Glass
• Sole Survivor
• Something They Would Never Say
• Space Marine
• Spy Satellites
• Spy Versus Spy
• Standard Redshirt Procedure
• State Sec
• Stealth Hi Bye
• Storming The Castle
• Super Multi Purpose Room
• Supernatural Martial Arts
• Super Window Jump
• Sword And Gun
• Sword Over Head
• Take It To The Bridge
• Take Up My Sword
• Telecom Tree
• Ten Minute Retirement
• The Scrounger
• There Was A Door
• They Have The Scent
• This Page Will Self Destruct
• This Way To Certain Death
• Three Point Landing
• Throw Away Country
• Thrown From The Zeppelin
• Time Bomb
• Time For Plan B
• Tired Of Running
• To Catch Heroes Hire Villains
• Torches And Pitchforks
• To The Batpole
• Traintop Battle
• Trash Landing
• Trial Of The Mystical Jury
• Trojan Horse
• Trojan Prisoner
• Tuck And Cover
• Underestimating Badassery
• Unflinching Faith In The Brakes
• Universal Drivers License
• Unstoppable Rage
• Unwilling Suspension
• Vapor Trail
• Variant Chess
• Villainous Rescue
• Villainous Valor
• Violence Is The Only Option
• Walk Into Mordor
• Walk The Plank
• Water Wakeup
• Wax On Wax Off
• Weak Ass Badass
• Weaponized Car
• Weaponized Landmark
• Weapons Understudies
• We Have The Keys
• We Need A Distraction
  • Show Some Leg
• Weve Got Company
• What Kept You
• When All You Have Is A Hammer
• Why Don't Ya Just Shoot Him
• Why We Can't Have Nice Things
• Wire Dilemma
  • Wrong Wire
• Wooden Ships And Iron Men
• The Worf Effect
• Workplace Acquired Abilities
• Wouldn't Hurt A Child
• You Are Too Late
• You Can Never Leave
• You Can't Thwart Stage One
• Your Eyes Can Deceive You
• You Just Told Me
• You Owe Me

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