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