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