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