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