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