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