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