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Off with His Head!
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Kids Are Cruel
No Ending
Take That!
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Why Don't You Just Shoot Him?
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In Name Only
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Did Not Get the Girl
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Driven to Suicide
Abhorrent Admirer
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Screw the Rules, I Have Money!
Loophole Abuse
Vacation Films
Unreliable Narrator
Exactly What It Says on the Tin
Alliterative Name
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Beauty Is Never Tarnished
Market-Based Title
Translation Convention
Silence Is Golden
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Karmic Death
Victoria's Secret Compartment
Naïve Newcomer
Bottomless Magazines
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Only in It for the Money
Meaningful Background Event
Chekhov's Gun
Beware the Nice Ones
Mood Whiplash
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The Quiet One
Defiant to the End
The Power of Love
Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep"
Action Survivor
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Bury Your Gays
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Death by Irony
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Good Is Not Nice
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Up to Eleven
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Fourth Date Marriage
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20 Minutes into the Future
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La Résistance
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Truth in Television
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How We Got Here
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Bring My Brown Pants
Let's Get Dangerous!
Never Found the Body
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Make It Look Like an Accident
Jerkass Has a Point
Faking the Dead
Shell-Shocked Veteran
Flashback
I Did What I Had to Do
Didn't Think This Through
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Contrived Coincidence
Hollywood Darkness
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The Dog Bites Back
Sole Survivor
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Apocalypse How
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Artistic License Law
Time Skip
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Our Zombies Are Different
Bunny-Ears Lawyer
Last-Name Basis
Revenge
Advertised Extra
Malevolent Masked Men
Domestic Abuse
Obviously Evil
Room Full of Crazy
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Narrator
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Oh, Crap!
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An Arm and a Leg
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Chekhov's Gunman
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You Have Failed Me
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Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping
Anyone Can Die
Book-Ends
Soft Glass
The Stoner
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Worthy Opponent
Drowning My Sorrows
The Cavalry
Refuge in Audacity
The Reveal
Bitch in Sheep's Clothing
Wham Shot
The Oner
Maybe Ever After
Dual Wielding
Be Careful What You Wish For
Black Best Friend
Smoking Is Cool
Cluster F-Bomb
Nothing Is Scarier
Properly Paranoid
Reality Has No Subtitles
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Cassandra Truth
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Fatal Family Photo
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The Vamp
Redemption Equals Death
Author Avatar
Animated Credits Opening
Dark and Troubled Past
Death by Adaptation
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Pretty in Mink
Older Than They Look
Villainous Breakdown
Epic Fail
Chewing the Scenery
Bond One-Liner
Horror Doesn't Settle for Simple Tuesday
Taking the Bullet
The End... Or Is It?
Badass Boast
Brutal Honesty
Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy
Bi the Way
Impaled with Extreme Prejudice
Not Quite Dead
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Death Seeker
Have a Gay Old Time
Hypocrite
All Just a Dream
Adaptation Distillation
Air-Vent Passageway
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O.O.C. Is Serious Business
Shipper on Deck
Groin Attack
Music Stories
Fatal Flaw
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Intrepid Reporter
Film Noir Index
Dies Wide Open
Taking You with Me
Dark Action Girl
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Fire-Forged Friends
Improbable Weapon User
Overly Long Gag
Sudden Sequel Death Syndrome
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Badass in a Nice Suit
Roger Ebert: Great Movies List
Action Film, Quiet Drama Scene
Suspiciously Similar Substitute
Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right!
Well-Intentioned Extremist
Your Cheating Heart
Aww, Look! They Really Do Love Each Other
Say My Name
Evil Cannot Comprehend Good
Nice Guy
Gender Flip
The Voiceless
Wrong Genre Savvy
Manchild
Soundtrack Dissonance
Scenery Porn
Nice Job Breaking It, Hero!
Half the Man He Used to Be
Stylistic Suck
A Father to His Men
Every Car Is a Pinto
Green-Eyed Monster
No Celebrities Were Harmed
"The Reason You Suck" Speech
Spanner in the Works
Parental Abandonment
Shut Up, Hannibal!
Villain with Good Publicity
Slap-Slap-Kiss
Spared by the Adaptation
Christmas Movies Index
Children Are Innocent
The Mafia
Dumb Blonde
Only a Flesh Wound
Index of Film Westerns
Adaptational Badass
The Mole
Mistaken for Gay
No Good Deed Goes Unpunished
Stealth Hi/Bye
Ambiguous Disorder
Rich Bitch
Race Against the Clock
Kick the Dog
Deliberate Values Dissonance
Comically Missing the Point
Not Even Bothering with the Accent
Laughing Mad
Crucified Hero Shot
Blood from the Mouth
Department of Redundancy Department
Peek-a-Boo Corpse
Jerkass
Break the Haughty
French Films
Nice Hat
Australian Movies
Unspoken Plan Guarantee
Mama Bear
Failed a Spot Check
Retired Badass
Retcon
"Awesome McCool" Name
Throwing Your Sword Always Works
Asshole Victim
Pre-Mortem One-Liner
Everyone Has Standards
Animal Title Index
Star-Crossed Lovers
Screw the Money, I Have Rules!
World of Ham
Fantasy Films
Double Entendre
Totally Radical
The Hero Dies
The Place
Logo Joke
Screw This, I'm Outta Here!
Put on a Bus
Car Fu
Evil Is Hammy
Adapted Out
Beard of Evil
Arch-Enemy
Heel Realization
Anachronism Stew
Adult Fear
Defrosting Ice Queen
Creator Cameo
Jerk Jock
Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold
The Lost Lenore
My Beloved Smother
What You Are in the Dark
Alpha Bitch
Whole Plot Reference
Red Shirt
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Ripped from the Headlines
Early Installment Weirdness
Your Head A-Splode
Laser-Guided Karma
Even Evil Has Standards
Award-Bait Song
Slashed Throat
Reasonable Authority Figure
Leitmotif
Cool Car
Closed Circle
B-Movie
Overprotective Dad
Film Noir
Central Theme
Framing Device
Evil Sounds Deep
Retirony
"Where Are They Now?" Epilogue
Creative Closing Credits
All for Nothing
Thriller
Stuff Blowing Up
Blonde, Brunette, Redhead
War Is Hell
Kill 'em All
The '50s
Mercy Kill
Captain Ersatz
Hoist by His Own Petard
Rule of Funny
Cool Old Lady
Greater-Scope Villain
Training Montage
Gorn
Bound and Gagged
Silent Movie
Insane Troll Logic
The Big Guy
Science Fiction Films
Implacable Man
Reality Is Unrealistic
Get Out!
Artistic License Geography
Never Trust a Trailer
Eldritch Abomination
Corpsing
Wicked Cultured
Homage
Unwitting Instigator of Doom
Big Brother Instinct
Needs Wiki Magic Love
Plot Hole
Protagonist Title
Dark Is Not Evil
Real Life
Red Oni, Blue Oni
Spell My Name with an "S"
Not So Different
The Hero
Arranged Marriage
The Un-Favourite
aka: The Un Favorite
Jitter Cam
Dying Moment of Awesome
Big Bad Duumvirate
In Medias Res
Henpecked Husband
Scenery Gorn
Important Haircut
Fanservice
Arc Words
Sir Not-Appearing-in-This-Trailer
Moment Killer
Bland-Name Product
Paper-Thin Disguise
Artistic License History
Insult Backfire
Genre Shift
Love at First Sight
All Girls Want Bad Boys
Call-Forward
Ungrateful Bastard
Dissonant Serenity
Extremely Short Timespan
Woman in White
Would Hit a Girl
Double-Meaning Title
FaceHeel Turn
Men Are the Expendable Gender
There Is No Kill Like Overkill
Mooks
Lighter and Softer
Rule of Three
Knife Nut
Rousing Speech
Affably Evil
Action Prologue
The Casanova
All There in the Manual
Made of Explodium
Bad Boss
Not So Stoic
Combat Pragmatist
BFG
Cloudcuckoolander
Aside Glance
Ambiguous Ending
The '90s
Missing Mom
Knight Templar
Big Bad
Foregone Conclusion
Downer Ending
Cruel and Unusual Death
Took a Level in Jerkass
Amoral Attorney
Villain Ball
Pragmatic Villainy
Gold Digger
This Is Gonna Suck
The Musical
Depraved Bisexual
As the Good Book Says...
Blatant Lies
Artistic License Military
Death by Sex
Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking
Badass Normal
A Date with Rosie Palms
Serial Killer
Gratuitous English
Sliding Scale of Idealism vs. Cynicism
My God, What Have I Done?
The '60s
Disappeared Dad
Imagine Spot
Scary Black Man
Black Dude Dies First
Red Eyes, Take Warning
Handicapped Badass
Jump Scare
Evil Is Petty
My Greatest Failure
Belligerent Sexual Tension
Gory Discretion Shot
Blood Knight
Adorkable
Honor Before Reason
Pretty Little Headshots
Dull Surprise
Anachronic Order
Not What It Looks Like
Mexican Standoff
Due to the Dead
The Ghost
The Un-Reveal
Ragtag Bunch of Misfits
Ms. Fanservice
Armor-Piercing Question
Pun
aka: Incredibly Lame Pun
Black Comedy
Fingore
Cowboy Cop
Big Applesauce
Parental Substitute
Japanese Films
Mad Scientist
Dramedy
Fake Shemp
An Axe to Grind
Happily Married
Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas
Composite Character
In the Back
Curse Cut Short
Novelization
The Bully
Madness Mantra
Ascended Extra
Historical Hero Upgrade
Annoying Younger Sibling
Antagonist Title
Re-Cut
Getting Crap Past the Radar
The Starscream
Crazy-Prepared
Artistic License Physics
Mr. Exposition
Undying Loyalty
MayDecember Romance
Monumental Damage
Fate Worse than Death
Big Damn Heroes
Five-Man Band
Daddy's Girl
Obfuscating Stupidity
Names to Run Away from Really Fast
Grievous Bottley Harm
From Bad to Worse
Artistic License Biology
As Long as It Sounds Foreign
Actor Allusion
Big "NO!"
What the Hell, Hero?
Adaptation Expansion
Roaring Rampage of Revenge
Ass Shove
Suddenly SHOUTING!
Naked People Are Funny
Documentary
Sealed Evil in a Can
The Smurfette Principle
Bavarian Fire Drill
Romantic Comedy
Sequel Hook
Mighty Whitey
Those Two Bad Guys
Distracted by the Sexy
Bald of Evil
Only Known by Their Nickname
Covers Always Lie
You Killed My Father
Colour-Coded for Your Convenience
aka: Color Coded For Your Convenience
Big Eater
She's Got Legs
Dirty Cop
Easily Forgiven
Face Death with Dignity
Big-Bad Ensemble
Credits Gag
Freeze-Frame Bonus
Becoming the Mask
Call-Back
One-Man Army
Mugging the Monster
Boom, Headshot!
Hong Kong Films
Funny Foreigner
Costume Porn
Product Placement
Morality Pet
Ax-Crazy
And I Must Scream
Almost Kiss
Foil
Freudian Excuse
Does This Remind You of Anything?
Spiteful Spit
Affectionate Parody
As Himself
Poor Communication Kills
Heroic BSoD
Decoy Protagonist
Historical-Domain Character
Bare Your Midriff
Camp Gay
Smug Snake
No Name Given
Adaptation Name Change
Really Gets Around
I'm a Humanitarian
Deus ex Machina
The Lancer
As You Know
Sir Swears-a-Lot
A Minor Kidroduction
The '70s
Outrun the Fireball
Cain and Abel
Noodle Incident
Instant Death Bullet
Animal Motifs
Shower Scene
Heterosexual Life-Partners
Politically Incorrect Villain
Nice Job Fixing It, Villain!
Major Injury Underreaction
Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil
Badass Grandpa
Casting Gag
Anguished Declaration of Love
Small Name, Big Ego
Chase Scene
Sadistic Choice
The Bad Guy Wins
Author Appeal
Trailers Always Spoil
Dirty Old Man
Crapsack World
Sci-Fi Horror
And Starring
Our Vampires Are Different
He Knows Too Much
The Dragon
The Atoner
Fat Bastard
Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?
Pet the Dog
Improbable Aiming Skills
Intergenerational Friendship
Drill Sergeant Nasty
Destination Defenestration
Heroes Want Redheads
Cool Shades
Left the Background Music On
It Will Never Catch On
Ugly Guy, Hot Wife
Hell Is That Noise
The Cameo
Non-Indicative Name
Adults Are Useless
The Stinger
Black Comedy Rape
Conspicuous CG
Exact Words
Rule of Symbolism
Fish out of Water
Establishing Character Moment
Bait-and-Switch
It's Personal
Evil vs. Evil
Humans Are Bastards
Vomit Indiscretion Shot
The Stoic
The Film of the Book
Awesome, but Impractical
Posthumous Character
Authority Equals Asskicking
Ominous Latin Chanting
Historical In-Joke
Agony of the Feet
Twist Ending
Early-Bird Cameo
Pragmatic Adaptation
Unresolved Sexual Tension
Never My Fault
Video Credits
The Sociopath
Attempted Rape
Action Genre
Evil Brit
Foreshadowing
Playing Gertrude
A.I. Is a Crapshoot
Together in Death
Informed Ability
Hollywood Law
Fantastic Racism
Suspiciously Specific Denial
Eureka Moment
Femme Fatale
Dirty Coward
Leave the Camera Running
Dwindling Party
Expository Hairstyle Change
Diabolus ex Machina
Brick Joke
Actually Pretty Funny
Riddle for the Ages
Adaptational Attractiveness
Empathic Environment
Rule of Cool
Mythology Gag
Enemy Mine
Beta Couple
Not So Above It All
Took a Level in Badass
Mr. Fanservice
Crazy Jealous Guy
The Dreaded
Sanity Slippage
Famous Last Words
Motor Mouth
Disguised in Drag
Even Evil Has Loved Ones
Adaptational Heroism
Kubrick Stare
The Remake
No OSHA Compliance
The Chessmaster
No-Holds-Barred Beatdown
Guile Hero
Visual Pun
Cool Guns
Race Lift
Bad "Bad Acting"
Pimped-Out Dress
Psycho for Hire
Villain Protagonist
Break the Cutie
Reality Ensues
Canon Foreigner
Shoot the Shaggy Dog
Hope Spot
Ghost Fiction
Public Domain Feature Films
The X of Y
Camera Abuse
Bilingual Bonus
Friend to All Children
The Great Depression
Better to Die than Be Killed
Earn Your Happy Ending
Never Trust a Trailer
aka: Trailers Always Lie
Male Gaze
Unusual Euphemism
The Ditz
Lampshade Hanging
Zombie Stories
Redshirt Army
I Want My Beloved to Be Happy
Alas, Poor Villain
Eagleland
Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane
Ironic Echo
Pay Evil unto Evil
Meaningful Name
Hair-Trigger Temper
Cold-Blooded Torture
Storming the Castle
Offscreen Moment of Awesome
Mundane Made Awesome
Mind Screw
Dramatic Irony
Accidental Misnaming
Tap on the Head