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