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