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