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