Tropescilloscope: Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep"
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Would Hit a Girl
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Reality Ensues
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Only One Name
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I Need a Freaking Drink
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Sir Not-Appearing-in-This-Trailer
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Gilligan Cut
Punny Name
Dumb Blonde
Villainous Breakdown
Would Hurt a Child
The Musical
Extreme Doormat
The Chick
Demonic Possession
Even Evil Has Loved Ones
Shown Their Work
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Shell-Shocked Veteran
Woman Scorned
Four-Temperament Ensemble
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I Just Shot Marvin in the Face
Danny Peary Cult Movies List
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In the Back
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Dropped a Bridge on Him
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Our Zombies Are Different
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Bound and Gagged
Big Applesauce
And I Must Scream
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Evil Plan
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Reality Has No Subtitles
Defiant to the End
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All There in the Script
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Serious Business
Screw the Money, I Have Rules!
Cool Old Lady
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Fatal Family Photo
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In Name Only
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Hope Spot
Nice Hat
Only a Flesh Wound
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Love at First Sight
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Ugly Guy, Hot Wife
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Take a Third Option
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Once More, with Clarity!
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Shut Up, Hannibal!
My God, What Have I Done?
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World of Ham
Christmas Movies Index
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Redshirt Army
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Almost Kiss
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Ungrateful Bastard
Token Minority
Parental Substitute
It Will Never Catch On
Crazy Jealous Guy
Really Gets Around
What Happened to the Mouse?
Becoming the Mask
Dramedy
Easily Forgiven
Call-Back
Department of Redundancy Department
Closed Circle
Genre Throwback
Despair Event Horizon
Henpecked Husband
Improbable Aiming Skills
Scary Black Man
Adapted Out
Serial Killer
Captain Ersatz
The '90s
Agony of the Feet
Fan Disservice
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Does This Remind You of Anything?
Curse Cut Short
Colour-Coded for Your Convenience
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Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?
Broken Pedestal
Dogged Nice Guy
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Took a Level in Badass
Apocalypse How
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Humans Are Bastards
Eldritch Abomination
Taking You with Me
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The Hero Dies
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Our Vampires Are Different
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Adaptation Distillation
Evil Sounds Deep
Protagonist Title
Fantastic Racism
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All Men Are Perverts
Half the Man He Used to Be
Small Name, Big Ego
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No-Holds-Barred Beatdown
Ragtag Bunch of Misfits
Disguised in Drag
Mercy Kill
Let's Get Dangerous!
Lighter and Softer
Foil
Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping
Hell Is That Noise
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Line-of-Sight Name
Riddle for the Ages
Improbable Infant Survival
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Knife Nut
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Red Oni, Blue Oni
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Fingore
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Dark Is Not Evil
After the End
Famous Last Words
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Older Than They Look
Heroes Want Redheads
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