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