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