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