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