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