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