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