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