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