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Even Evil Has Loved Ones
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Never My Fault
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Even Evil Has Standards
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Drugs Are Bad
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I'm a Humanitarian
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Every Car Is a Pinto
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Nothing Is Scarier
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Covers Always Lie
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All Just a Dream
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Black Best Friend
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Meet Cute
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Nice Job Fixing It, Villain!
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As the Good Book Says...
She's Got Legs
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Anyone Can Die
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Truth in Television
It Will Never Catch On
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War Is Hell
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Say My Name
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Big Bad Duumvirate
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Honor Before Reason
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Names to Run Away from Really Fast
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Everyone Has Standards
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Nice Hat
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Better to Die than Be Killed
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Ripped from the Headlines
Punch-Clock Villain
Fish out of Water
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Christmas Movies Index
Shell-Shocked Veteran
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The Starscream
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Action Survivor
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Hero of Another Story
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Index of Film Westerns
Bottomless Magazines
Back from the Dead
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Mighty Whitey
Serial Killer
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Together in Death
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Cruel and Unusual Death
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Based on a True Story
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Outrun the Fireball
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Gone Horribly Right
Too Dumb to Live
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Evil Laugh
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Redemption Equals Death
Toplessness from the Back
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Kill 'em All
Creepy Child
Offscreen Teleportation
Irony
Never Trust a Trailer
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Bloodier and Gorier
Double-Meaning Title
Freeze-Frame Bonus
Bavarian Fire Drill
Downer Ending
"The Reason You Suck" Speech
Spiteful Spit
Scary Black Man
Adaptation Name Change
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Villain Opening Scene
Biopic
No-Holds-Barred Beatdown
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He Who Fights Monsters
Married to the Job
Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?
Authority Equals Asskicking
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Martial Arts Movie
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Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil
The Place
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Friend to All Children
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And the Adventure Continues
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You Have Got to Be Kidding Me!
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Large Ham
Show Within a Show
Ominous Latin Chanting
Mistaken for Gay
Spared by the Adaptation
Disproportionate Retribution
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Daddy's Girl
Shout-Out
Butt-Monkey
Abhorrent Admirer
In the Back
Country Matters
Dramatic Gun Cock
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Heroes Want Redheads
Shown Their Work
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Pyrrhic Victory
No Name Given
Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking
Bullying a Dragon
Batman Gambit
Arch-Enemy
Babies Ever After
Brick Joke
Leave the Camera Running
Hidden Depths
Bad Boss
Easily Forgiven
Made of Explodium
Broken Pedestal
Evil Plan
Jump Scare
Victoria's Secret Compartment
Adults Are Useless
Heroic Sacrifice
Fainting
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Poor Communication Kills
Once More, with Clarity!
Armor-Piercing Question
Moment Killer
Training Montage
20 Minutes into the Future
Roger Ebert: Great Movies List
Amoral Attorney
Anachronic Order
Be Careful What You Wish For
The Oner
Rousing Speech
Dark Is Not Evil
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Green-Eyed Monster
Crazy-Prepared
Crapsack World
Get Out!
Throwing Your Sword Always Works
Big Brother Instinct
Meaningful Background Event
Dying Moment of Awesome
Darkest Hour
The Dreaded
Leaning on the Fourth Wall
Jerk Jock
Vomit Indiscretion Shot
Epic Fail
Intrepid Reporter
Sir Swears-a-Lot