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