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