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Nice Job Breaking It, Hero!
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Totally Radical
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How We Got Here
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Black Best Friend
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Screw the Money, I Have Rules!
Those Wacky Nazis
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Nice Job Fixing It, Villain!
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Very Loosely Based on a True Story
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It Can Think
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Bullying a Dragon
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Bald of Evil
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Red Eyes, Take Warning
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Mr. Fanservice
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Becoming the Mask
Show Within a Show
Beauty Is Never Tarnished
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Anti-Hero
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Toplessness from the Back
Small Name, Big Ego
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An Aesop
Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil
After the End
Not So Above It All
Man on Fire
Obviously Evil
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20 Minutes into the Future
Shut Up, Hannibal!
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Jerkass
It's Personal
Double Entendre
Deal with the Devil
Sacrificial Lion
Historical Villain Upgrade
Jerk with a Heart of Gold
Bloodless Carnage
Evil Counterpart
Black and Gray Morality
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Guns Akimbo
I Just Shot Marvin in the Face
Aww, Look! They Really Do Love Each Other
Developing Doomed Characters
Hoist by His Own Petard
Adapted Out
Captain Obvious
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Match Cut
Fun with Acronyms
Bland-Name Product
Word of God
Everyone Has Standards
No Name Given
Celebrity Paradox
Bring My Brown Pants
Contrived Coincidence
Soundtrack Dissonance
From Bad to Worse
Instant Death Bullet
Pay Evil unto Evil
Our Zombies Are Different
Adults Are Useless
Maybe Ever After
Dark Is Not Evil
Left the Background Music On
Only a Flesh Wound
Action Girl
Oh, Crap!
What the Hell, Hero?
Mad Scientist
Advertised Extra
Rich Bitch
My Greatest Failure
Roaring Rampage of Revenge
Throwing Your Sword Always Works
Cluster F-Bomb
Death by Sex
Hell Is That Noise
The Alleged Car
Beard of Evil
Meaningful Name
Bait-and-Switch
Crazy Jealous Guy
Vomit Indiscretion Shot
Knife Nut
Historical In-Joke
Genre Throwback
Face Death with Dignity
Not Using the "Z" Word
Never My Fault
One-Word Title
Film Noir Index
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Air-Vent Passageway
Breaking the Fourth Wall
Getting Crap Past the Radar
Famous Last Words
Broken Bird
Betty and Veronica
Ms. Fanservice
Storming the Castle
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Armor-Piercing Question
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Fire-Forged Friends
Playing Gertrude
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Shoot the Shaggy Dog
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Say My Name
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Love Triangle
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Defiant to the End
Dogged Nice Guy
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Bolivian Army Ending
Index of Film Westerns
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Bloody Hilarious
I'm a Humanitarian
Psychopathic Manchild
Smug Snake
Suddenly SHOUTING!
Cat Fight
Bitch in Sheep's Clothing
Redemption Equals Death
Papa Wolf
Captain Ersatz
Catapult Nightmare
Slasher Movie
Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right!
Knight Templar
Anguished Declaration of Love
Let's Get Dangerous!
In Medias Res
Slap-Slap-Kiss
Leave the Camera Running
Fate Worse than Death
Really Gets Around
Properly Paranoid
Awesome, but Impractical
Training Montage
You Have Outlived Your Usefulness
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Fish out of Water
Up to Eleven
Revenge
Morality Pet
Stealth Hi/Bye
Heroes Want Redheads
You Have Failed Me
"The Reason You Suck" Speech
Karmic Death
Peek-a-Boo Corpse
As the Good Book Says...
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Tempting Fate
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Almost Kiss
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Woman in White
Police are Useless
Riddle for the Ages
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Your Head A-Splode
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The Place
Death Seeker
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Took a Level in Jerkass
Rasputinian Death
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An Arm and a Leg
Reasonable Authority Figure
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Country Matters
Posthumous Character
Gold Digger
Thriller
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Apocalypse How
I Did What I Had to Do
Reality Is Unrealistic
Brick Joke
Obfuscating Stupidity
Video Credits
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The End... Or Is It?
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Bad Boss
Smoking Is Cool
Truth in Television
Together in Death
Token Minority
Taking You with Me
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The Quiet One
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Half the Man He Used to Be
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Would Hurt a Child
Driven to Suicide
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Improbable Weapon User
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Fiery Redhead
Beware the Nice Ones
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Honor Before Reason
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Jerkass Has a Point
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Bloodier and Gorier
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Agony of the Feet
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Chewing the Scenery
As Himself
Arc Words
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Exactly What It Says on the Tin
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No-Sell
Hooker with a Heart of Gold
Unresolved Sexual Tension
In the Back
Translation Convention
The Power of Love
Paper-Thin Disguise
Demoted to Extra
Artistic License Law
Alpha Bitch
Cool Old Guy
Insistent Terminology
Evil vs. Evil
Romantic False Lead
In Name Only
Fourth Date Marriage
Disappeared Dad
Accidental Murder
Toilet Humour
aka: Toilet Humor
Death by Adaptation
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Police Brutality
Homage
Be Careful What You Wish For
Mama Bear
Madness Mantra
Loads and Loads of Characters
Film Noir
Meet Cute
As Long as It Sounds Foreign
Redshirt Army
Wham Line
Big Bad Duumvirate
Made of Explodium
Girl-on-Girl Is Hot
I Want My Beloved to Be Happy
No Celebrities Were Harmed
Kick the Dog
Kids Are Cruel
Obstructive Bureaucrat
Groin Attack
Even Evil Has Standards
Extreme Doormat
Broken Pedestal
Jack Bauer Interrogation Technique
Took a Level in Badass
Our Vampires Are Different
The Casanova
Age Lift
Mood Whiplash
Catch-Phrase
Improvised Weapon
Humiliation Conga
Earn Your Happy Ending
Leitmotif
Plot Hole
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Serial Killer
Disguised in Drag
Offscreen Teleportation
Hate Sink
Red Right Hand
Curb-Stomp Battle
My Beloved Smother
Downer Ending
As You Know
Well-Intentioned Extremist
Blackmail
Friend to All Children
Killed Mid-Sentence
Creative Closing Credits
Bittersweet Ending
She's Got Legs
Actually Pretty Funny
She Cleans Up Nicely
Did Not Get the Girl
Suspiciously Similar Substitute
Big Applesauce
Expy
Bilingual Bonus
Villain with Good Publicity
No Ending
Department of Redundancy Department
Asshole Victim
Politically Incorrect Villain
An Axe to Grind
The '60s
Crazy-Prepared
Reality Has No Subtitles
Bury Your Gays
Defrosting Ice Queen
Pragmatic Villainy
Sci-Fi Horror
The Faceless
Light Is Not Good
One Steve Limit
Rated M for Manly
Closed Circle
Nothing Is Scarier
Sinister Minister
Berserk Button
Mistaken for Gay
Batman Gambit
Super Strength
Anyone Can Die
From Nobody to Nightmare
Screw This, I'm Outta Here!
Malevolent Masked Men
Dark and Troubled Past
Fanservice Extra
Vampire Fiction
Dressing as the Enemy
Red Oni, Blue Oni
Gory Discretion Shot
Abhorrent Admirer
Shown Their Work
Call-Forward
Dull Surprise
Frame-Up
Failed a Spot Check
The Un-Reveal
The Ace
Expository Hairstyle Change
Mythology Gag
Meaningful Background Event
Cool Shades
Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass
Roger Ebert: Great Movies List
Fat Bastard
Race Against the Clock
Plucky Comic Relief
And Starring
Call-Back
Biopic
Blonde, Brunette, Redhead
What You Are in the Dark
Once More, with Clarity!
Hero of Another Story
Red Shirt
Would Hit a Girl
Affably Evil
Male Frontal Nudity
Auto Erotica
Japanese Films
Eiffel Tower Effect
Big "NO!"
Sequel Hook
You Killed My Father
Motor Mouth
Ambiguous Disorder
For the Evulz
Darker and Edgier
Retired Badass
Kick the Son of a Bitch
Every Car Is a Pinto
Works Set in World War II
Pretty in Mink
Adaptational Villainy
Pet the Dog
Damsel in Distress
Foil
Despair Event Horizon
Hope Spot
Authority Equals Asskicking
Not What It Looks Like
HeelFace Turn
Author Avatar
Only Known by Their Nickname
Dark Action Girl
Even Evil Has Loved Ones
Karma Houdini
Love at First Sight
Mind Screw
Establishing Character Moment
The Brute
Creator Cameo
Horror Doesn't Settle for Simple Tuesday
Abusive Parents
Five-Man Band
The Mole
Cat Scare
Vitriolic Best Buds
Dying Moment of Awesome
Mercy Kill
Dirty Coward
Spell My Name with an "S"
Back from the Dead
Parental Neglect