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