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