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