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