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