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