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