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