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