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