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