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