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