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