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