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