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