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