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