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