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Really Gets Around
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Pay Evil unto Evil
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You Killed My Father
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Shut Up, Hannibal!
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Animated Credits Opening
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Alliterative Name
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Riddle for the Ages
Roger Ebert: Great Movies List
Horror Doesn't Settle for Simple Tuesday
Those Two Bad Guys
Rule of Symbolism
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Everyone Has Standards
A God Am I
Broken Bird
Destination Defenestration
Truth in Television
"Where Are They Now?" Epilogue
Betty and Veronica
Let's Get Dangerous!
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British Films
Rape as Drama
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Even Evil Has Standards
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As You Know
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Man on Fire
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She Cleans Up Nicely
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Take That!
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Villain Song
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Historical Villain Upgrade
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As the Good Book Says...
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Children Are Innocent
Black Dude Dies First
All There in the Script
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She's Got Legs
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Enemy Mine
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Cool Car
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Double Entendre
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Nice Job Fixing It, Villain!
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Shipper on Deck
All Men Are Perverts
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Impaled with Extreme Prejudice
Good Is Not Nice
Faking the Dead
Dwindling Party
Ms. Fanservice
Tap on the Head
Bar Brawl
Loads and Loads of Characters
Improbable Infant Survival
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Nice Hat
After the End
Bald of Evil
Costume Porn
Authority Equals Asskicking
Storming the Castle
Same Language Dub
Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep"
Artistic License Law
The Oner
I Need a Freaking Drink
"The Reason You Suck" Speech
MacGuffin
Green-Eyed Monster
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Dark and Troubled Past
Would Hurt a Child
Manchild
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Alpha Bitch
Failed a Spot Check
FaceHeel Turn
All for Nothing
An Axe to Grind
Immune to Bullets
Comically Missing the Point
Christmas Movies Index
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Thriller
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Reality Is Unrealistic
Babies Ever After
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Bring My Brown Pants
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Evil Cannot Comprehend Good
Final Girl
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Fatal Family Photo
In the Back
My Greatest Failure
Hate Sink
Reality Has No Subtitles
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Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas
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Made of Iron
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Yandere
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Those Two Guys
Poor Communication Kills
Friend to All Children
Dies Wide Open
Room Full of Crazy
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Cassandra Truth
Not What It Looks Like
Last-Name Basis
Obfuscating Stupidity
The X of Y
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Bottomless Magazines
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Once More, with Clarity!
Mistaken for Gay
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Black Best Friend
Gilligan Cut
Deus ex Machina
Only in It for the Money
Pyrrhic Victory
Mighty Whitey
Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds
Word of God
Chewing the Scenery
Psycho for Hire
Took a Level in Jerkass
Ambiguously Gay
Scare Chord
Market-Based Title
Trailers Always Spoil
Unwitting Instigator of Doom
Here We Go Again!
Mystery and Detective Films
Stepford Smiler
Alas, Poor Villain
Together in Death
Retired Badass
Bloodier and Gorier
Gainax Ending
Hell Is That Noise
Eyepatch of Power
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Dark Action Girl
Captain Ersatz
Wham Line
Kill 'em All
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The Smurfette Principle
The Musical
Foreshadowing
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The Smart Guy
O.O.C. Is Serious Business
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Captain Obvious
Early-Bird Cameo
Parental Substitute
Insistent Terminology
Romantic Comedy
The Quiet One
Too Dumb to Live
In Medias Res
An Aesop
Blonde, Brunette, Redhead
Exactly What It Says on the Tin
Big Eater
Meet Cute
Large Ham
Beware the Nice Ones
Rasputinian Death
Red Shirt
Race Lift
Totally Radical
Deadpan Snarker
Double-Meaning Title
No Name Given
Video Credits
Crapsack World
Camp Gay
Artistic License Gun Safety
More Dakka
"Shaggy Dog" Story
You Have Got to Be Kidding Me!
No Antagonist
Leaning on the Fourth Wall
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Villain Ball
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Wham Shot
Does Not Like Shoes
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Suddenly SHOUTING!
Does This Remind You of Anything?
Epic Movie
Death Seeker
Only Known by Their Nickname
Drives Like Crazy
Sanity Slippage
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Hooker with a Heart of Gold
Advertised Extra
Bullying a Dragon
Actor Allusion
Reckless Gun Usage
Screw the Rules, I Have Money!
Break the Cutie
Cat Scare
Stylistic Suck
Celebrity Paradox
Defiant to the End
Reasonable Authority Figure
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Disney Villain Death
Interrupted Suicide
Big Brother Instinct
The Stinger
Twist Ending
La Résistance
German Films
True Companions
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Biopic
Humans Are Bastards
Stuff Blowing Up
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Leave the Camera Running
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Red Oni, Blue Oni
Match Cut
Sacrificial Lion
Ripped from the Headlines
Informed Ability
Creator Cameo
Rule of Cool
The Remake
Tagline
You Have Failed Me
Evil Sounds Deep
Expository Hairstyle Change
Crazy-Prepared
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Token Minority
Translation Convention
Grievous Bottley Harm
Ghost Fiction
One-Word Title
As Long as It Sounds Foreign
Overly Long Gag
Chekhov's Gunman
Names to Run Away from Really Fast
Damsel in Distress
Air-Vent Passageway
Pre-Asskicking One-Liner
Covers Always Lie
Not Even Bothering with the Accent
And Starring
Fan Disservice
And the Adventure Continues
Not Using the "Z" Word
Soundtrack Dissonance
Not So Different
Properly Paranoid
Adaptation Dye-Job
Improvised Weapon
Stock Footage
I'm a Humanitarian
Sudden Sequel Death Syndrome
Wounded Gazelle Gambit
Butt-Monkey
Catch-Phrase
Bare Your Midriff
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Bolivian Army Ending
Bad Boss
Extremely Short Timespan
Villain with Good Publicity
Works Set in World War II
Colour-Coded for Your Convenience
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Spanner in the Works
Villain Protagonist
Death by Adaptation
Scenery Porn
Hypocrite
Vitriolic Best Buds
Combat Pragmatist
Famous Last Words
Up to Eleven
Dual Wielding
Accidental Murder
Adapted Out
Motor Mouth
Missing Mom
Anachronism Stew
Foregone Conclusion
Foil
Taking the Bullet
Reality Ensues
Aside Glance
Danny Peary Cult Movies List
Amoral Attorney
Dressing as the Enemy
Stealth Pun
Crazy Jealous Guy
Badass Boast
Curse Cut Short
Suspiciously Specific Denial
"Well Done, Son!" Guy
Scenery Gorn
I Just Shot Marvin in the Face
Gold Digger
Ass Shove
From Bad to Worse
Better to Die than Be Killed
Darkest Hour
Put on a Bus
Non-Indicative Name
The '70s
Random Events Plot
Anachronic Order
And I Must Scream
Determinator
Broken Aesop
The Cameo
Ominous Latin Chanting
Asshole Victim
Needs Wiki Magic Love
Death of a Child
Title Drop
Make It Look Like an Accident
Killed Mid-Sentence
Due to the Dead
Groin Attack
Girl-on-Girl Is Hot
Real Life Writes the Plot
Adults Are Useless
Heroic Sacrifice
Depraved Bisexual
Serious Business
MayDecember Romance
Faux Affably Evil
Moment Killer
Death by Irony
Not So Stoic
The Bully
Rich Bitch
Unreliable Narrator
Book-Ends
Parental Incest
Mind Screw
Coming-of-Age Story
Punny Name
Shown Their Work
Hair-Trigger Temper
Off-into-the-Distance Ending
Cool Guns
Developing Doomed Characters
Continuity Nod
Film Noir
Disproportionate Retribution
Demoted to Extra
Bait-and-Switch
The Hero
Department of Redundancy Department
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