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