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