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