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