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