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