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Only a Flesh Wound
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Ax-Crazy
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Authority Equals Asskicking
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Beauty Is Never Tarnished
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In Name Only
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Shut Up, Hannibal!
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Tap on the Head
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Never Trust a Trailer
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Ms. Fanservice
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Even Evil Has Standards
Pet the Dog
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Alliterative Name
Does This Remind You of Anything?
Kick the Dog
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Earn Your Happy Ending
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It Can Think
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The Place
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No Name Given
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Kill It with Fire
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Screw the Rules, I Have Money!
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A.I. Is a Crapshoot
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Take a Third Option
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And I Must Scream
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Did Not Get the Girl
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Evil Is Petty
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Enemy Mine
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Kids Are Cruel
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A God Am I
Only Sane Man
Not What It Looks Like
Trailers Always Spoil
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Woman Scorned
It Will Never Catch On
Fake Shemp
I Have Your Wife
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No Good Deed Goes Unpunished
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Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?
The Reveal
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The Un-Reveal
Needs Wiki Magic Love
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War Is Hell
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Half the Man He Used to Be
Jerkass
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Mexican Standoff
Missing Mom
Girl-on-Girl Is Hot
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All Men Are Perverts
Be Careful What You Wish For
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Covers Always Lie
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Armor-Piercing Question
Henpecked Husband
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True Companions
Shown Their Work
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Evil Plan
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Evil Laugh
Screw This, I'm Outta Here!
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The Hero
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Honor Before Reason
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Scare Chord
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Truth in Television
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Smoking Is Cool
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Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking
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Wicked Cultured
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20 Minutes into the Future
Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass
Your Cheating Heart
Dies Wide Open
Gone Horribly Right
Dramedy
The Quiet One
Central Theme
Spell My Name with an "S"
Crucified Hero Shot
Fingore
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Documentary
Older Than They Look
Rated M for Manly
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Jerk with a Heart of Gold
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Sudden Sequel Death Syndrome
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Black and Gray Morality
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Alpha Bitch
Roaring Rampage of Revenge
Double Entendre
Affectionate Parody
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Gender Flip
Manic Pixie Dream Girl
Australian Movies
Important Haircut
Cat Scare
NO INDOOR VOICE
Names to Run Away from Really Fast
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Zombie Stories
Break the Cutie
Beta Couple
Insult Backfire
Nice Job Fixing It, Villain!
Evil Cannot Comprehend Good
Sexy Discretion Shot
Video Credits
Outrun the Fireball
The Smart Guy
Captain Obvious
The Ghost
The Oner
The End... Or Is It?
Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane
Badass Bookworm
Action Genre
FaceHeel Turn
Shout-Out
Red Right Hand
Wretched Hive
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Disney Villain Death
Eyepatch of Power
Sinister Minister
Made of Iron
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Retired Badass
Never My Fault
Humiliation Conga
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Big "NO!"
'80s Hair
Imagine Spot
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Only Known by Their Nickname
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Not So Different
Driven to Suicide
Our Vampires Are Different
Victoria's Secret Compartment
Toplessness from the Back
Badass Boast
Major Injury Underreaction
Dark and Troubled Past
Race Against the Clock
Laser-Guided Karma
Adapted Out
Butt-Monkey
Apocalypse How
Say My Name
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No Celebrities Were Harmed
Knife Nut
No-Holds-Barred Beatdown
Romantic False Lead
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Cat Fight
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Betty and Veronica
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Those Two Bad Guys
The Ace
Wham Shot
Small Name, Big Ego
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From Bad to Worse
Match Cut
The Lancer
Faking the Dead
Expository Hairstyle Change
Due to the Dead
Line-of-Sight Name
"Where Are They Now?" Epilogue
Screw the Money, I Have Rules!
Pragmatic Adaptation
Killed Mid-Sentence
Spiritual Successor
Red Shirt
Meaningful Name
Dissonant Serenity
Deal with the Devil
Dirty Cop
Catch-Phrase
The '60s
Colour-Coded for Your Convenience
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The Un-Favourite
aka: The Un Favorite
Conspicuous CG
Shoot the Shaggy Dog
Actually Pretty Funny
Big Fancy House
Ambiguous Ending
Dwindling Party
The Chessmaster
Villainous Breakdown
Heel Realization
Children Are Innocent
Demonic Possession
Woman in White
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Bloodier and Gorier
Dramatic Irony
Curb-Stomp Battle
Ambiguous Disorder
Taking the Bullet
Unresolved Sexual Tension
Psychological Thriller
Babies Ever After
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Sole Survivor
Epic Fail
Hidden Depths
No OSHA Compliance
Really Gets Around
Fourth Date Marriage
Shirtless Scene
Adaptational Heroism
Adaptational Attractiveness
Improbable Aiming Skills
Ungrateful Bastard
Cool Guns
Camera Abuse
Red Eyes, Take Warning
After the End
Fatal Family Photo
Arch-Enemy
Slashed Throat
I'm a Humanitarian
Downer Ending
Parental Incest
Karmic Death
Disguised in Drag
Animal Motifs
Rousing Speech
Riddle for the Ages
Bavarian Fire Drill
Slasher Smile
Card-Carrying Villain
All Girls Want Bad Boys
Maybe Ever After
Hollywood Law
Man on Fire
Animated Credits Opening
Rule of Cool
Adults Are Useless
Continuity Nod
Why Don't You Just Shoot Him?
Defrosting Ice Queen
Gorn
Non-Indicative Name
Not So Above It All
Implacable Man
Training Montage
Chekhov's Gunman
Evil Sounds Deep
Brutal Honesty
Mercy Kill
Artistic License Biology
Face Death with Dignity
B-Movie
Dark Action Girl
Morality Pet
Punctuated! For! Emphasis!
Dual Wielding
One-Man Army
Bolivian Army Ending
Closed Circle
Mistaken for Gay
Adaptation Expansion
Vacation Films
Mama Bear
Reality Is Unrealistic
Cain and Abel
Fiery Redhead
Greater-Scope Villain
Only One Name
Creepy Child
The Hero Dies
Scary Black Man
All There in the Manual
Psychopathic Manchild
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The X of Y
Badass in a Nice Suit
Took a Level in Badass