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Is a Crapshoot Real Life Writes the Plot Anguished Declaration of Love Plot Hole Eiffel Tower Effect Deconstruction Ambiguous Disorder The Oner Alas, Poor Villain Alpha Bitch Bolivian Army Ending Have a Gay Old Time Dull Surprise Hollywood Darkness Nice Job Breaking It, Hero! Chekhov's Gunman Downer Ending Eagleland Artistic License – Military Index of Film Westerns Author Avatar Earn Your Happy Ending Chewing the Scenery Vomit Discretion Shot Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep" I Want My Beloved to Be Happy Pimped-Out Dress Idiot Ball Animal Title Index There Is No Kill Like Overkill Fingore The Starscream Insistent Terminology Older Than They Look Nice Hat Shout-Out Recap / RiffTrax aka: Riff Trax Movies Catch-Phrase Roger Ebert: Great Movies List Throwing Your Sword Always Works Cruel and Unusual Death Irony Evil Plan Covers Always Lie Dwindling Party Implacable Man Once More, with Clarity! Ascended Extra Last-Name Basis May–December Romance Good Is Not Nice Red Herring Artistic License – Law Paper-Thin Disguise Heel Realization Adaptational Badass Actor Allusion Retcon Meaningful Echo Groin Attack Male Frontal Nudity Bloodless Carnage Product Placement Tap on the Head Sir Swears-a-Lot Jerk with a Heart of Gold Toplessness from the Back Freudian Excuse Precision F-Strike It's Personal Manly Tears Even Evil Has Loved Ones Offscreen Moment of Awesome Hong Kong Films Adaptational Heroism Determinator aka: The Determinator Kubrick Stare Redemption Equals Death Toilet Humour aka: Toilet Humor Setting Update The '50s Those Wacky Nazis Abusive Parents Gone Horribly Right The Dragon Double-Meaning Title Never Found the Body Adapted Out Rated M for Manly Stock Footage Eye Scream Historical-Domain Character "Well Done, Son!" 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