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