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