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