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