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