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Big Damn Heroes
BFG
Bullying a Dragon
The Place
Chekhov's Gunman
Death by Sex
Fingore
Time Skip
Stuff Blowing Up
Rated M for Manly
Stylistic Suck
Impaled with Extreme Prejudice
Heroic BSoD
The Starscream
Horror Doesn't Settle for Simple Tuesday
Blackmail
Bloodier and Gorier
Red Right Hand
Death by Adaptation
Psychopathic Manchild
Actually Pretty Funny
Lampshade Hanging
Greater-Scope Villain
Woman Scorned
Never Trust a Trailer
aka: Trailers Always Lie
No Antagonist
Pay Evil unto Evil
Calling the Old Man Out
The Lancer
Spanner in the Works
Straight Gay
Award-Bait Song
After the End
Make It Look Like an Accident
Breaking the Fourth Wall
Gender Flip
Large Ham
Missing Mom
Affably Evil
Bowdlerise
The Sociopath
What the Hell, Hero?
Victoria's Secret Compartment
Real Life
Room Full of Crazy
As Long as It Sounds Foreign
Badass Grandpa
Neck Snap
Men Are the Expendable Gender
Framing Device
Creator Cameo
Evil Is Hammy
Break the Haughty
Offscreen Teleportation
Dropped a Bridge on Him
Canon Foreigner
Mood Whiplash
Epic Movie
Fanservice
Once More, with Clarity!
He Who Fights Monsters
French Films
Catch-Phrase
Big Eater
Dissonant Serenity
Science Fiction Films
Empathic Environment
Brick Joke
Never My Fault
Roger Ebert: Great Movies List
Slashed Throat
My God, What Have I Done?
Bar Brawl
Ascended Extra
Blood Knight
Enemy Mine
Bare Your Midriff
For Want of a Nail
Hate Sink
Karma Houdini
From Nobody to Nightmare
Those Two Guys
The Dragon
Good Is Not Nice
Alliterative Name
Cool Guns
What Happened to the Mouse?
Eldritch Abomination
All There in the Manual
Re-Cut
Every Car Is a Pinto
Extremely Short Timespan
Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas
Obviously Evil
Big "NO!"
Creative Closing Credits
Skewed Priorities
Black Best Friend
Twist Ending
Auto Erotica
Malevolent Masked Men
Karmic Death
The Vamp
Rule of Cool
Expository Hairstyle Change
All Girls Want Bad Boys
HeelFace Turn
Married to the Job
Vomit Discretion Shot
Abhorrent Admirer
Character Development
Aww, Look! They Really Do Love Each Other
Almost Kiss
Wicked Cultured
Disappeared Dad
Author Appeal
Celebrity Paradox
Pet the Dog
Whole Plot Reference
Black and Gray Morality
Meaningful Echo
Horror Films
Hell Is That Noise
The Chessmaster
One Steve Limit
Back from the Dead
Dark Is Not Evil
Put on a Bus
You Have Outlived Your Usefulness
Crucified Hero Shot
Butt-Monkey
Slap-Slap-Kiss
Failed a Spot Check
Ironic Echo
Ragtag Bunch of Misfits
Darker and Edgier
"Well Done, Son!" Guy
The Mafia
Action Prologue
Face Death with Dignity
Mind Screw
Evil Sounds Deep
Smug Snake
Kids Are Cruel
Brainless Beauty
Bottomless Magazines
Casting Gag
Abusive Parents
Horror Comedy
From Bad to Worse
Adaptational Villainy
The Ace
The '60s
Villain Ball
Recycled IN SPACE!
Cassandra Truth
The '90s
Japanese Films
Sassy Black Woman
Foreshadowing
Unreliable Narrator
Worthy Opponent
Self-Deprecation
Martial Arts Movie
The Hero
Death Seeker
No Good Deed Goes Unpunished
Demonic Possession
The Musical
Eyepatch of Power
Bad "Bad Acting"
The Faceless
Line-of-Sight Name
Ominous Latin Chanting
Adaptation Dye-Job
Screw the Rules, I Have Money!
Training Montage
Last-Name Basis
Bavarian Fire Drill
I Did What I Had to Do
Ship Tease
Jitter Cam
No Ending
Shower Scene
Daylight Horror
The Un-Reveal
Cowboy Cop
Biopic
Redemption Equals Death
Extreme Doormat
Music Stories
Narrator
The Stinger
Knight Templar
Leaning on the Fourth Wall
Bound and Gagged
Action Film, Quiet Drama Scene
Dramatic Irony
Dutch Angle
Shoot the Shaggy Dog
Setting Update
Eye Scream
Recap /
RiffTrax
aka: Riff Trax Movies
Screw This, I'm Outta Here!
Arranged Marriage
Central Theme
It Can Think
All for Nothing
The '80s
Flipping the Bird
Off-into-the-Distance Ending
Slasher Movie
True Companions
Kill It with Fire
Curse Cut Short
Mistaken for Gay
Costume Porn
Driven to Suicide
Light Is Not Good
Not So Stoic
Henpecked Husband
Vitriolic Best Buds
The Alcoholic
Logo Joke
Conspicuous CG
Translation Convention
Alas, Poor Villain
German Films
Not What It Looks Like
'80s Hair
Department of Redundancy Department
Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane
Chekhov's Gun
No-Holds-Barred Beatdown
Pun
aka: Incredibly Lame Pun
Mad Scientist
The Hero Dies
Sequel Hook
Camp Gay
Unusual Euphemism
Dies Wide Open
Interrupted Suicide
Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?
I Want My Beloved to Be Happy
The Alleged Car
Works Set in World War II
Sealed Evil in a Can
Becoming the Mask
Adaptation Distillation
Hoist by His Own Petard
Agony of the Feet
Guns Akimbo
Shirtless Scene
Red Shirt
As Himself
Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right!
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Cain and Abel
Hong Kong Films
Refuge in Audacity
Parental Abandonment
Cold-Blooded Torture
Index of Film Westerns
Obstructive Bureaucrat
Needs Wiki Magic Love
Adaptational Attractiveness
Obfuscating Stupidity
Well-Intentioned Extremist
My Beloved Smother
Four-Temperament Ensemble
Film Noir Index
Take That!
Vacation Films
Armor-Piercing Question
Neck Lift
No Name Given
Rape as Drama
Super Strength
Suspiciously Specific Denial
Deconstruction
Determinator
Really Gets Around
Fate Worse than Death
Genre Savvy
Took a Level in Badass
Hollywood Darkness
Too Dumb to Live
Product Placement
The Smart Guy
Ass Shove
Christmas Movies Index
Superhero
Sequel Escalation
Hero of Another Story
Corpsing
Manic Pixie Dream Girl
Immune to Bullets
Five-Man Band
Instant Death Bullet
Historical In-Joke
Mystery and Detective Films
Artistic License Law
Be Careful What You Wish For
Scenery Gorn
Villain with Good Publicity
The Oner
Death Glare
Captain Obvious
Kubrick Stare
Your Cheating Heart
Historical Villain Upgrade
No OSHA Compliance
Broken Pedestal
One-Man Army
Adaptational Badass
"Where Are They Now?" Epilogue
Black Comedy
La Résistance
Film Noir
Male Frontal Nudity
Dramatic Gun Cock
Pragmatic Villainy
Undying Loyalty
O.O.C. Is Serious Business
Anti-Villain
Tranquil Fury
Exact Words
Scenery Porn
Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep"
Crapsack World
Protagonist Title
Fat Bastard
Adaptation Name Change
Pimped-Out Dress
Eagleland
Male Gaze
Gone Horribly Right
Word of God
Lighter and Softer
Never Trust a Trailer
Poor Communication Kills
Only in It for the Money
A.I. Is a Crapshoot
Deliberately Monochrome
Informed Ability
Rousing Speech
Mexican Standoff
Guile Hero
Insult Backfire
Pre-Mortem One-Liner
Drives Like Crazy
Why Don't You Just Shoot Him?
Made of Iron
Alpha Bitch
Batman Gambit
Grey and Gray Morality
Adorkable
Sole Survivor
Cool Old Lady
Author Avatar
Evil Brit
Parental Substitute
Disney Villain Death
Paper-Thin Disguise
Fish out of Water
Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping
Jump Scare
Fantasy Films
Our Zombies Are Different
Madness Mantra
All Just a Dream
Composite Character
Jerk Jock
Groin Attack
Ax-Crazy
Dark and Troubled Past
The Dreaded
Early-Bird Cameo
The '50s
Captain Ersatz
Parental Neglect
Cat Scare
Fun with Acronyms
Dramedy
Morality Pet
N-Word Privileges
Freeze-Frame Bonus
Those Two Bad Guys
Intrepid Reporter
Big Applesauce
Defiant to the End
Star-Crossed Lovers
Facial Horror
Badass Boast
Authority Equals Asskicking
Spared by the Adaptation
Manipulative Bastard
I Just Shot Marvin in the Face
Major Injury Underreaction
Evil Cannot Comprehend Good
Screw the Money, I Have Rules!
Historical Hero Upgrade
Annoying Younger Sibling
Truth in Television
Action Survivor
Overly Long Gag
Reality Is Unrealistic
Chewing the Scenery
Developing Doomed Characters
Leitmotif
Frame-Up
Attempted Rape
Stepford Smiler
Video Credits
Cool Car
Token Minority
Toplessness from the Back
The Stoner
Black Dude Dies First
Anachronism Stew
Say My Name
Animal Motifs
The Reveal
An Aesop
Disproportionate Retribution
Aluminum Christmas Trees
Loophole Abuse
Ghost Fiction
Politically Incorrect Villain
Man on Fire
Wounded Gazelle Gambit
Foregone Conclusion
The Lost Lenore
Children Are Innocent
Anyone Can Die
Expy
Bi the Way
Demoted to Extra
Ambiguously Gay
Yandere
Bond One-Liner
Playing Gertrude
Call-Forward
Ambiguous Ending
Deal with the Devil
Broken Aesop
Reality Has No Subtitles
World of Ham
Taking the Bullet
Real Life Writes the Plot
Shout-Out
Cluster F-Bomb
Fainting
Combat Pragmatist
Continuity Nod
Gilligan Cut
Eureka Moment
Hooker with a Heart of Gold
Red Eyes, Take Warning
Getting Crap Past the Radar
Big Brother Instinct
Older Than They Look
It's All About Me
Badass in a Nice Suit
Intergenerational Friendship
Destination Defenestration
Sudden Sequel Death Syndrome
Gorn
Evil Laugh
Establishing Character Moment
Creepy Child
Plot Hole
Taking You with Me
Defrosting Ice Queen
Peek-a-Boo Corpse
Stealth Hi/Bye
Vampire Fiction
Random Events Plot
Totally Radical
Sinister Minister
A Minor Kidroduction
War Is Hell
Soundtrack Dissonance
The Atoner
Manchild
Vomit Indiscretion Shot
Adaptational Heroism
Race Against the Clock
Left the Background Music On
Gainax Ending
Book-Ends
Show Within a Show
Cat Fight
Dark Reprise
Dull Surprise
The Film of the Book
Did Not Get the Girl
In the Back
Sports Stories
Does Not Like Shoes
Mama Bear
Beauty Is Never Tarnished
Nice Hat
Dirty Coward
The X of Y
Heel Realization
Visual Pun
As the Good Book Says...
Naïve Newcomer
Femme Fatale
More Dakka
Not So Above It All
Silence Is Golden
Ungrateful Bastard
Improvised Weapon
Fatal Flaw
Improbable Infant Survival
aka: Infant Immortality
All Men Are Perverts
Funny Foreigner
Mr. Exposition
You Have Got to Be Kidding Me!
Spiteful Spit
Would Hit a Girl
Decoy Protagonist
Chekhov's Skill
BrotherSister Incest
Improbable Aiming Skills
Genre Shift
Non-Indicative Name
Half the Man He Used to Be
Tagline
Ugly Guy, Hot Wife
In Medias Res
Homage
Coming-of-Age Story
Loads and Loads of Characters
Papa Wolf
Didn't Think This Through
Based on a True Story
Unusually Uninteresting Sight
Belligerent Sexual Tension
Humiliation Conga
Due to the Dead
Covers Always Lie
The Dog Bites Back
Soft Glass
Crazy-Prepared
Never Found the Body
Fake Shemp
Red Herring
Exactly What It Says on the Tin
"Shaggy Dog" Story
Let's Get Dangerous!
Heroes Want Redheads
You Have Failed Me
Faking the Dead
Together in Death
Asshole Victim
Body Horror
FaceHeel Turn
The Ditz
Blonde, Brunette, Redhead
Dirty Old Man
Air-Vent Passageway
All There in the Script
Bury Your Gays
Beard of Evil
Running Gag
Oh, Crap!
Amusing Injuries
Fanservice Extra
Mooks
Public Domain Feature Films
Jerk with a Heart of Gold
Your Head A-Splode
Rasputinian Death
Fatal Family Photo
Monumental Damage
Epic Fail
The Stoic
Bait-and-Switch
Properly Paranoid
Eiffel Tower Effect
No-Sell
Dogged Nice Guy
Wham Line
Thriller
Have a Gay Old Time
Colour-Coded for Your Convenience
aka: Color Coded For Your Convenience
Ambiguous Disorder
Berserk Button
Kick the Dog
The Great Depression
An Arm and a Leg
Punch-Clock Villain
Drill Sergeant Nasty
Sacrificial Lion
Actor Allusion
Same Language Dub
Dressing as the Enemy
Manly Tears
Smoking Is Cool
Domestic Abuse
The Remake
Nice Job Fixing It, Villain!
It's Personal
One-Word Title
"The Reason You Suck" Speech
Villain Song
Deus ex Machina
Artistic License History
Crazy Jealous Guy
Diabolus ex Machina
Those Wacky Nazis
Adult Fear
Leave the Camera Running
Cruel and Unusual Death
Punctuated! For! Emphasis!
Anachronic Order
Badass Bookworm
Romantic Comedy
NO INDOOR VOICE
Black Comedy Rape
The Cameo
Punny Name
Dwindling Party
Market-Based Title
Tap on the Head
Hollywood Law
Stock Footage
Darkest Hour
Serial Killer
And I Must Scream
Not Using the "Z" Word
Our Vampires Are Different
No Celebrities Were Harmed
B-Movie
Posthumous Character
Nice Job Breaking It, Hero!
The '70s
Bland-Name Product
Fantastic Racism
The Big Guy
Knife Nut
Big Bad Duumvirate
Match Cut
An Axe to Grind
Call-Back
Villain Opening Scene
Adults Are Useless
Aside Glance
Pretty in Mink
Determinator
aka: The Determinator
Mugging the Monster
Moment Killer
Sanity Slippage
Humans Are Bastards
Gold Digger
Slasher Smile
Mighty Whitey
Adaptation Expansion
He Knows Too Much
Insane Troll Logic
Bitch in Sheep's Clothing
Age Lift
Suddenly SHOUTING!
Depraved Bisexual
Corrupt Corporate Executive
Australian Movies
Daddy's Girl
Sir Swears-a-Lot
Parental Incest
Improbable Weapon User
Earn Your Happy Ending
Better to Die than Be Killed
Up to Eleven
Toilet Humour
aka: Toilet Humor
Big Bad
Bloody Hilarious
How We Got Here
Documentary
Dark Action Girl
Canadian Movies
Affectionate Parody
Catapult Nightmare
Despair Event Horizon
Insistent Terminology
Names to Run Away from Really Fast
Break the Cutie
Spiritual Successor
Kick the Son of a Bitch
Implacable Man
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Advertised Extra
Laser-Guided Karma
Antagonist Title
The Power of Love
Italian Films
Shut Up, Hannibal!
Jack Bauer Interrogation Technique
Contrived Coincidence
Double-Meaning Title
Bond Villain Stupidity
Even Evil Has Standards
The Casanova
MayDecember Romance
Zombie Stories
Villainous Breakdown
Badass Longcoat
In Name Only
Artistic License Gun Safety
Awesome, but Impractical
Meaningful Background Event
Drugs Are Bad
Retirony
Villain Protagonist
Action Genre
Hair-Trigger Temper
Trailers Always Spoil
Foil
Deadpan Snarker
Sir Not-Appearing-in-This-Trailer
Love Triangle
Anguished Declaration of Love
Meet Cute
Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil
Even Evil Has Loved Ones
Fourth Date Marriage
Riddle for the Ages
Does This Remind You of Anything?
Green-Eyed Monster
Scary Black Man
Sexy Discretion Shot
Chase Scene
Everyone Has Standards
Wrong Genre Savvy
Small Name, Big Ego
Animal Title Index
Early Installment Weirdness
Unresolved Sexual Tension
Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy
Pragmatic Adaptation
Motor Mouth
Love at First Sight
The Chick
The Bad Guy Wins
Babies Ever After
Revenge
Offscreen Moment of Awesome
Bloodless Carnage
Drowning My Sorrows
Silent Movie
Retired Badass
Artistic License Biology
Meaningful Name
Wham Shot
Psychological Thriller
Suspiciously Similar Substitute
Novelization
Gory Discretion Shot
Bald of Evil
Death by Irony
Apocalypse How
Ms. Fanservice
Evil Counterpart
Laughing Mad
Overprotective Dad
Flashback
Handicapped Badass
Psycho for Hire
Arch-Enemy
Idiot Ball
Mythology Gag
The Cavalry
Brutal Honesty
Off with His Head!
Maybe Ever After
Tempting Fate
Title Drop
Only Known by Their Nickname
Bad Boss
Honor Before Reason
She's Got Legs
Naked People Are Funny
Shown Their Work
Television Movie Index
A God Am I
Fiery Redhead
Hidden Depths
What You Are in the Dark
Blatant Lies
Jerkass Has a Point
And Starring
Noodle Incident
Curb-Stomp Battle
Precision F-Strike
Happily Married
Red Oni, Blue Oni
British Films
Irony
Closed Circle
The End... Or Is It?
Dumb Blonde
As You Know
Only a Flesh Wound
Grievous Bottley Harm
Car Fu
Plucky Comic Relief
Reality Ensues
Only One Name
Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds
A Date with Rosie Palms
Film Series
Historical-Domain Character
Here We Go Again!
Retcon
Spell My Name with an "S"
Stealth Pun
Shell-Shocked Veteran
Friend to All Children
This Is Gonna Suck
Gratuitous English
Blood from the Mouth
Betty and Veronica
Hypocritical Humor
Pretty Little Headshots
Death of a Child
Evil Plan
Animated Credits Opening
Rewatch Bonus
Romantic False Lead
The Mole
Downer Ending
I'm a Humanitarian
Accidental Misnaming
Arc Words
Big-Bad Ensemble
Beware the Nice Ones
Credits Gag
Police are Useless
Sliding Scale of Idealism vs. Cynicism
Unspoken Plan Guarantee
Only Sane Man
Stalker with a Crush
Girl-on-Girl Is Hot
I Need a Freaking Drink
Amoral Attorney
Wretched Hive
Disguised in Drag
Artistic License Physics
Accidental Murder
Killed Mid-Sentence
Evil vs. Evil
Redshirt Army
Shipper on Deck
Kill 'em All
Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold
20 Minutes into the Future
Sadistic Choice
Deliberate Values Dissonance
The Load
Adapted Out
Fan Disservice
Pre-Asskicking One-Liner
Took a Level in Jerkass
Reckless Gun Usage
Mr. Fanservice
The Quiet One
Country Matters
Lock and Load Montage
Famous Last Words
Badass Normal
Hope Spot
Evil-Detecting Dog
Throwing Your Sword Always Works
Fire-Forged Friends
Rule of Symbolism
Hero Antagonist
Would Hurt a Child
Cool Shades
Rule of Funny
Outrun the Fireball
Bunny-Ears Lawyer
Disney Death
Genre Throwback
Big Fancy House
Ripped from the Headlines
Reasonable Authority Figure
Scare Chord
Woman in White
Bring My Brown Pants
She Cleans Up Nicely
Military and Warfare Films
Get Out!
Final Girl
Anti-Hero
For the Evulz
Card-Carrying Villain
Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking
Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass
Dirty Cop
Artistic License Military
The Ghost
There Is No Kill Like Overkill
It Will Never Catch On
Not Quite Dead
The Bully
Comically Missing the Point
Heroic Sacrifice
Easily Forgiven
Hypocrite
Boom, Headshot!
Distracted by the Sexy
Race Lift
Faux Affably Evil
Pyrrhic Victory
Freudian Excuse
Take a Third Option
Cloudcuckoolander
Important Haircut
Roaring Rampage of Revenge
Funny Background Event
Dual Wielding
Nothing Is Scarier
You Killed My Father
Bilingual Bonus
Police Brutality
Artistic License Geography
Broken Bird
The Smurfette Principle
Nice Guy
Sci-Fi Horror
Unwitting Instigator of Doom
My Greatest Failure
And the Adventure Continues
Mercy Kill
The Un-Favourite
aka: The Un Favorite
Bolivian Army Ending
Cool Old Guy
Evil Is Petty
Very Loosely Based on a True Story
Imagine Spot
Danny Peary Cult Movies List
Chiaroscuro
Made of Explodium
Double Entendre
I Have Your Wife
Rule of Three
Not So Different
Camera Abuse
MacGuffin
Mundane Made Awesome
Not Even Bothering with the Accent
A Father to His Men
Beta Couple
Serious Business
Bittersweet Ending
Jerkass
Action Girl
"Awesome McCool" Name
Russian Films
Damsel in Distress
The Voiceless
Chuck Cunningham Syndrome
Storming the Castle
Heterosexual Life-Partners
Rich Bitch
Dying Moment of Awesome
The Brute