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