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