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• Betrayal
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• Combat
• Death
• Family
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Other Categories

• British Telly
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• Derivative Works
• Did Not Do The Research
• Language
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• Show Business
• Split Personality
• Stock Room
• Trope
• Truth And Lies
• Truth In Television
• Weirdness Isolation

All about combat, regardless of genre. See also War Tropes for war stories.

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Tropes:

• Air Jousting
• All Your Colors Combined
• Annoying Arrows
• Apologetic Attacker
• Armor Is Useless
• Attack Pattern Alpha
• Authority Equals Asskicking
• Baguette Beatdown
• Battle Aura
• Beam O War
• Beam Spam
• Beehive Barrier
• Berserker Tears
• Bloody Murder
• Boobs Of Steel
• Combat Tentacles
• Combat Uninterruptus
• Crazy Prepared
• Death In All Directions
• Deflector Shields
• Diagonal Cut
• Drunken Boxing
• Duel To The Death
• Evolving Weapon
• Extremity Extremist
• Finishing Move
• Flash Step
• Helicopter Blender
• Heroic Willpower
• High Altitude Battle
• Home Run Hitter
• Humongous Mecha
• I Have Two Kidneys
• Impaled With Extreme Prejudice
• Invulnerable Knuckles
• In Working Order
• Ki Attacks
• Martial Arts And Crafts
• Night Vision Goggles
• No Holds Barred Beatdown
• Out Of The Inferno
  • Infernal Retaliation
• The Paralyzer
• Rollerblade Good
• Screaming Warrior
• Shadow Pin
• Single Stroke Battle
• Slipknot Ponytail
• The Slow Walk
• Smoke Shield
• Spin Attack
• Sword Sparks
• There Is No Kill Like Overkill
• Trying To Catch Me Fighting Dirty
  • The Combat Pragmatist
  • Talk To The Fist
• With Catlike Tread
• With My Hands Tied
• The Worf Barrage
• You Squared

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