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