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