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