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