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