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