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