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