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