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